David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

A J Hartley

What Time Devours

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

C E Murphy

Thunderbird Falls

The Ideal Agent

Last week, my blog subject was The Idea Editor (hereinafter to be referred to as the IE). Admittedly, it was only my opinion, but I believe in the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. Now, because a couple of people have asked, “What makes the Idea Agent?” I’ll turn [...]

The BIG PITCH

What does a pitch have that might get you noticed? Most (or even all) of the following:

Genre info.
Date info.
World info.
Character info.
Conflict info.
Resolution info.
Who I am.
Why I should write this book.

 Bad pitch: “I’m writing a novel and it’s about this girl? Who falls in love? And the guy hates her, you know? And they have lots [...]

Special Guest Friday: Lucienne Diver

Between the four of us, we discovered that we know a lot of interesting and exciting people in the writing world, and we’ve enjoyed bringing them here to visit with all our readers. Today we’re particularly thrilled to present Lucienne Diver! *wild applause* Take it away, Lucienne!

“Got to Keep ‘em Separated” by [...]

Impressions

If you’re serious about being published, eventually you’ll attend a writing conference and come face-to-face with an agent or editor.  In the same way that following guidelines gives the agent a good impression of you, so does your behavior at a conference.  Conferences can be loads of fun, and should be.  But like your mama [...]

So there I was, in the elevator, and who walked in?

Blurb
/blɜrb/:
1. a brief advertisement or announcement, esp. a laudatory one
2. to advertise or praise

Yesterday, in her excellent post on “bait and hook”, Faith mentioned an agent meeting that served as a turning point for Kim Harrison. In the weeks prior to the meeting, Faith spent a good deal of time helping all of [...]

Agent’s Job and Sliced Bread

My agent is celebrating this week with free giveaways from her clients to our fans. I have a short story on the site today (My second this week) which is a bit of backstory about a character in my new Skinwalker series staring Jane Yellowrock.  She is a Cherokee Skinwalker, the character developed from Cherokee, [...]