My writing career has been taking a really circuitous path over the last couple of years, and unfortunately, there's still no end in sig...

As many of you know, my agent medically retired toward the beginning of last year. I'd already been struggling to come up with my next p...

I know, I know, long time, no blog. What can I say? It's 2020. But one of the many things I've been working on this year is an MG co...

The teams are set, and #TeamMaries is looking pretty great: Clarissa Hadge and JETSTAR FIGHTER PILOT (#109) Fataima Ahmad and THE SHAPE ...

And here's my awesome team (in alphabetical order)! Alexa D. and FUTURESHOCK (#19) Catherine Lo and THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (#136) Hei...

After poring over Pitch Wars applications for the last couple of weeks, I had a few thoughts I wanted to share with you. Keep in mind, I was...

I’ve read a lot of queries. When you’ve spent as many years in the query trenches as I have, that’s just what happens. I’ve written probably...

First off, allow me to introduce my awesome team (in alphabetical order)! Anna-Marie and THE COIN DIVER (#35) Ben Spendlove and DRIVERS ...

I'm half excited and half nervous to share Steve's query and first page with you. Gives me a new appreciation for how you "An A...

First things first. Agented writer and blogging friend Mindy McGinnis--better known to most of you as bigblackcat97--has started a new query...

With Bob's revision winding down, I find myself in need of a new query. It's still a little rough, but here's what I have so far...

Hooray! It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for! (Okay, maybe I'm the only one who's been waiting for it...) The “Help! Bob Needs a ...

I started writing Bob’s query last week, and it ended up coming together a lot faster than I thought it would (assuming, of course, my beta ...

The query letter is probably the single most important tool for marketing a novel, and it’s made up of four main parts: a plot summary; a pl...