It’s Chiseled in Rock Tuesday, and I’ve put together a list of great articles and blog posts about queries, most from the Guide to Literary Agents blog. Hope to see you there.
Archives for May 2011
A Sunday in the Life of Me
I had blog posts to write, critiques to do, hotel reservations to make, blogs to visit, banana muffins to bake, and a book revision schedule to outline. But first, I went to the Farmer’s Market. This was my first Farmer’s Market trip of the year. I love them, enjoy visiting at least one almost every …Read More
And the Winner is…
Donna Volkenannt After I listed and numbered one entry per person per day from the May 2nd announcement through May 20th when the 300th person followed my blog (THANKS, ERIC!), I had more than 180 entries. I used random.org to select my winner, Donna Volkenannt who blogs at Donna’s Book Pub. Donna wins a $25.00 …Read More
Some Good Stuff You Ought to Know About
A little later today I’ll add the name of the person who won a copy of Ashley March’s Seducing the Duchess in yesterday’s guest giveaway. And here’s the news! Jenn LeBlanc is our winner! Jenn has been notified by e-mail, and as soon as we have her mailing address, her book will be on its …Read More
Discovering Your Author Theme by Ashley March, Guest Blogger
My guest today is Ashley March, a Coloradoan and writer who once thought she’d never make it: “The first manuscript, to be perfectly honest, is now in the category of “That Which Shall Be Forever Unnamed.” It was awful. Really, truly awful. So much so, in fact, that I knew I was in trouble when …Read More
Wednesday Scramble
Tomorrow’s Guest Blogger I’ll be introducing Ashley March who writes historical romance set in Victorian England. Ashley’s post is about discovering your author theme. And…tada…she’ll be giving away a copy of Seducing the Duchess to a lucky visitor who leaves a comment. Announcing This Month’s Book Giveaway at Mystery Writers of America If you want …Read More
Chiseled in Rock: An Interview with Editor Denise Dietz
I’m taking care of my usual Tuesday gig at Chiseled in Rock blog today, so I hope you’ll stop by and see what Deni has to say about self-editing and getting published. And a Note About the 300 Follower Giveaway As for that effort to reach 300 blog followers so I can give away a …Read More
Historical or ? by Margaret Frazer, Guest Blogger
It’s my pleasure to introduce Margaret Frazer, author of seventeen novels in the Dame Frevisse series of history mysteries, six novels in the Joliffe the Player series, and fourteen short stories. Winter Heart, a Dame Frevisse story, was just released for e-sale on May 15, while A Play of Piety is the latest in the …Read More
Blogger’s Back! And I’m Extending the 300 Follower Search and Giveaway
Extending the Search for 300 Followers and the GiveawayBecause Blogger was down almost two days, and the comments for the Thursday guest post by Dorothy St. James have not been reinstated as of this posting, I’m going to extend my search for 300 followers through Monday with a deadline of midnight Mountain Time. If I …Read More
“Best Practices” for Successfully and Happily Writing Every Day by Dorothy St. James, Guest Blogger
I’d like to everyone to meet Dorothy St. James, author of Flowerbed of State, the first book in the White House Gardener Mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime. Flowerbed of State, has been called “spunky” (Library Journal), “fast-paced” (Publishers Weekly), and “it quite simply blew me away” (Criminal Element). Dorothy has a contest going at …Read More