An Imperfectly Magical Writing Residency at The Lemon Tree House in Tuscany
Last year I spent a week writing in Walla Walla, Washington, courtesy of the Northwest Playwrights Alliance and Ms. Leticia Lopez, who generously donated the use of her vacation home […]
On Writing, Motherhood, Inclusion and #BinderCon
This weekend the Out of the Binders Conference for women and gender non-conforming writers is happening in New York. The event known as BinderCon offers keynotes, like today’s apparently amazing […]
Finding a Literary Agent: Plotting Your Submission Strategy
So your project feels ready. You’ve compiled a list of literary agents you want to approach, and you’ve drafted a query letter. Now it’s time for the rubber to hit […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inspiration and Joy at the Vortext Writers’ Conference
I love writers’ conferences. My grandmother bought me a ticket to my very first writer’s conference back when I was in my mid-twenties — her way of both supporting my […]
