Finding a Literary Agent: Writing and Personalizing the Query Letter

In my last post about finding a literary agent, I talked about compiling your list of targets. Once you’ve developed a list of 15 – 30 agents you’re interested in […]
Announcing the winner of The Barefoot Book of Children #Giveaway

The lucky winner of a copy of THE BAREFOOT BOOK OF CHILDREN written by Tessa Strickland and Kate DePalma and illustrated by David Dean is: Katherine Martinelli Congratulations! Katherine […]
Finding a literary agent: how do you decide who to query?

Ok, I promised to share some tips for finding a literary agent and negotiating the query process, but I’ve decided to break things up into manageable chunks, since I do […]
On Being a Late Bloomer AKA “I finally got a literary agent”

This summer, one of my writing dreams came true — I signed with a literary agent! I’ve been writing my entire adult life, so this wasn’t my first attempt at […]
For all you writers: the aspiring, the struggling, the enduring

I guess I could call myself an aspiring, a struggling, AND an enduring writer. I haven’t been blogging much (ok, at all) because 2015 is my year to write a […]
What the world needs now: another blog

Hey there. Welcome to This is Not My Beautiful Life, a new blog from me, Sharon Van Epps, right here on my brand new website. The world may not need […]