This week! Books! First up, I swung by The Kidlit Social to give an interview about how to find your story’s hook, even if you don’t have a very hook-y book, and other assorted advice about the importance of getting good at pitching, even if it just means possessing the ability to talk about your […]
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RIP Lawrence Ferlinghetti (This week in books)
This week! Books! Just want to say a quick thing that while the horizon seems to be brightening as many people receive vaccines, it’s also still a deeply strange and stressful time because we’re still in it and a lot of people are still struggling. Hang in there, keep reaching out to your loved ones, […]
The confusing literary agent landscape (This week in books)
This week! Books! There has been a lot of angst in the literary Twittersphere these past few weeks around agents, alleged bad behavior even among reputable agents, “schmagents” (basically bad agents who sometimes don’t even know they’re bad agents), and quite a lot of author frustration. I don’t want to get into too many specifics, […]
