The writing of a first draft I have just finished writing the first draft of a story. I feel like doing a jig. For anyone who has ever completed a first draft – you know what I’m talking about. For those of you who haven’t YET – it is well worth all the hours putContinue reading “Words”
Category Archives: Writing
Letter 2
One way to structure a query letter There are many different ways to write a query letter. The one thing to ALWAYS remember is to follow agency guidelines. If they tell you to shuffle everything around, then do it! But most agencies aren’t very specific about the actual structure of the query letter you sendContinue reading “Letter 2”
Letter 1
Top tips on writing a query letter from someone who made many mistakes I am not going to share my first query letter with you. Nope. No way. That thing was a hot mess. I will, however, share my final query letter with you. I still maintain that it’s a little messy, but thankfully notContinue reading “Letter 1”
Lonely
Loneliness was the predominate emotion I carried during my time querying. Of course there were the crushing blows when an agent who was perfect passed on my submission, and the highs when my full manuscript was requested, but most of the time… I felt alone. It felt kinda shameful to get rejected, especially so consistently.Continue reading “Lonely”
No
I wrote my first book in blissful ignorance of what awaited me. It took me about two years of drafting and editing, and when it was finished I entered a competition to win a 15 minute chat with legendary literary agent Caroline Sheldon. She was really kind about my first chapter and advised that IContinue reading “No”
