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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2013 Recap
This past week and weekend saw the 21st Pikes Peak Writers Conference come and go. Since I’m on the steering committee for next year’s PPWC, I asked tons of people how things were going to look for ways to improve, maintain, or fix the conference. The responses I received were overwhelmingly positive. Long-time attendees said [...]
NaNoSubMo
I’m not participating in NaNoWriMo this year. It’s not because I don’t believe in the process of encouraging writers. It’s because I have different plans this year! I’ve decided to submit Warmaiden to one agent or editor each day in the month of November. I’m calling this National Novel Submission Month. Or… wait for it… [...]
Who’s That Handsome Fella?
Who’s the handsome fella? No. Not the one on the left. That’s me. I’m far from handsome. I’m talking about the guy on the right. Well, it’s Donald Maass. If you’re not sure who he is, then do some Googling. You’ll probably find out that he’s one of the premier literary agents in New York [...]
Sitting with Donald Maass
I held the second highest bid for a seat with Donald Maass at the Thursday night dinner at the 2012 Pikes Peak Writers Conference! This means I’ll be sitting on the right-hand side of one of the greatest agents in the game today. I can’t wait to meet the man during dinner. I’ll also be [...]
First Rejection of 2011
It only took a week from the moment of query to the moment of rejection. *sigh* While I’m bummed out as I really would love to work with this agent, I’m going to keep on keepin’ on and see what happens next. I think my next stop will be Barnes and Noble where I’ll pick [...]
First Query of 2011
I just sent out my first query of 2011. The agent’s web site states that there is about a four week delay in hearing back. At least I know I’ll hear back from this one instead of having it “black hole” into nothingness. That’s reassuring. I hope that answer is a “yes” and not a [...]
Fastest (and Shortest) Rejection Thus Far
The query that I sent off on Christmas Day was rejected last night. That’s a four day turn around time. That’s fantastic for an agent where some of them (through no fault of their own due to their ever-increasing workload) are required to make writers wait weeks or months. I’m very happy for the quick [...]
Query Away
I fired off another query to an agent yesterday, but it’s a little different this time. The first two times I sent off a query, it was to agents that I had already met at a conference. By meeting the agents in a pitch session before querying them, I figured I had a higher chance [...]
Partial Rejected
I’ve neglected my web site for the past two months and it shows. I have news about the partial that was requested by the agent: rejection. I’m not sure why it was rejected because all I received was a form letter with a customized apology for not being interested. I wish I knew why it [...]
Partial Requested
I’m currently doing a massive happy dance (mostly internalized at the moment) because I met a great agent today. I pitched my book to her, and she readily jumped on the chance to see a partial submission (the first 30 pages) of my book, WARMAIDEN. I’ve learned quite a bit at this weekend’s PPW Conference, [...]