Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold Writing bestows faith. It’s easy to believe we might succeed when with each draft we can see our work improving. So it makes sense that we unravel a bit when we must trust that we have done enough, and it is time to query. It is such an exciting […]

 Chuck Sambuchino The time has come. Your novel or memoir or book proposal is now complete. Not only is it complete, you’ve revised it several times and incorporated the critical ideas of peers and editors to make it better. You’ve developed a list of agents to target and researched each one. You’re ready. It’s time […]

by Orly Konig-Lopez Last week you heard Fae explain her query technique. While she takes a conservative approach, I have a slightly - okay, drastically - different method. For me, it's a numbers game. Now that doesn't mean toss an entire package of spaghetti in the air and hope something sticks. I have a very […]

by Fae Rowen Well, Laura Drake, AKA The Queen of Querying, finally helped me into the big scary world of querying. With both feet. On the first  Sunday in December she helped me send out eleven queries. Those of you who love to query will think , "Eleven queries? Big deal." But this is the […]