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

Help! I'm almost finished with Bonnie, and I still haven't come up with a title. I feel like I'm stuck in a bit of a rut, so I t...

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...

No interview today (spring must be a busy time in the publishing world, as agents have been taking a little longer to get back to me), but I...

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 ...

...Check out the latest in-house critique session going on over at the Miss Snark's First Victim blog. The entries are all 250 words fr...

I got to thinking about yesterday’s post , about stripping a scene down to just those bits of information a movie would convey, and decided ...

Check out the Drop the Needle critique session Authoress is hosting over the next few days (including a few lines from Bob--he's #11). ...

All right, I’ll admit it: Revising is by far my least favorite part of writing. I love that first draft. I love constructing each sentence, ...

Check out this month's Secret Agent contest , which features an entry from yours truly (I'm #7). Each entry is the first 250 words o...