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How to Research Literary Agents in 2020

Wednesday, 4 November 2020  |  Posted by Angel Zhang

Welcome to querying! If you’re new to querying literary agents, or haven’t done it in a few years, it may be good to brush up on the latest tools and...

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Day Three: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Sunday, 26 August 2018  |  Posted by Jaime Dill

Welcome to day three of writing tips from your PitchWars mentors! Be sure to check out day one and two if you missed them. Andrea Contos “It’s always worth it...

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Day Two: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Saturday, 25 August 2018  |  Posted by Jaime Dill

Welcome to day two of writing tips from your PitchWars mentors! Be sure to check out day one here if you missed it.  Trisha Tobias “You’re going at your own pace,...

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Day One: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Friday, 24 August 2018  |  Posted by Jaime Dill

Every year, Pitch Wars hopefuls look high and low for the query advice that will get them selected. And what better place to look for that advice than from the...

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Specificity! A Guest Post by Pitch Wars mentor Kate Karyus Quinn

Monday, 13 August 2018  |  Posted by Lisa Leoni

Today we’re excited that Kate Karyus Quinn is swinging by the blog to talk with us about the importance of specificity in our...

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How to Research Literary Agents and Publishers before Sending Materials

Friday, 29 June 2018  |  Posted by Sarah Nicolas

As you may know, Pitch Wars is a mentoring event culminating in an agent round and #pitmad is a quarterly twitter pitch event. For #pitmad, any agent or editor can...

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Shari Schwarz . . . My Path to Publishing, Query Critique Giveaway as an Agent Intern

Wednesday, 6 April 2016  |  Posted by Heather Cashman

We can’t tell you who it is, but . . . Shari is an agent intern for one of the best agents in the industry! Read her story to gain...

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Proxy Mentoring!

Friday, 3 January 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Feeling blue about not getting accepted into PitchWars, but still want to edit your novel like nobody’s business? Well, good news! I (Rae) am posting all of my PitchWars ‘homework’...

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On Querying and Submitting Simultaneously by Dahlia Adler

Friday, 23 August 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

    The recent conversations on the social media sites about small publishers and contests can be frustrating and scary to many new writers. It’s difficult to know what is accepted...

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My First Editorial Letter … Or rather, The Day My Mind Blew Up

Thursday, 4 July 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

 My First Editorial Letter … Or rather, The Day My Mind Blew Up There are many firsts in our lives. Some make our hearts sing and some rip our hearts...

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