The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today we are so happy to have K. Kazul Wolf and her Pitch Wars mentor, Evelyn Skye, here for a little Q and A. Kazul recently signed with Fleetwood Robbins of Waxman Leavell. So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Kazul, what made you decide to send a Pitch Wars application Read more…
At a writers’ meet-up about a year and a half ago, a fellow writer remarked on how happy I was. That comment has stuck with me because, despite how I acted on the outside, I was far from happy at that moment in my life. In fact, I was reeling – inside – from a number of things that had happened within the past three years. At that point, in the middle of 2013, I Read more…
Like No One is Watching I was eleven when I wrote my first story. For all intents and purposes, the fifteen page opus I penned was essentially Nancy Drew fanfiction. I wrote it in loopy cursive with a bright blue erasable pen, the tip of my tongue crimped between my teeth. It was awful. Like, wretchedly so. I stopped writing stories until I was in college. But I never stopped writing. I studied poetry Read more…
It’s approaching Christmas and, for many people, this is a wonderful time of year. However, for others it can be difficult time. Sometimes, it can be hard to remember that not everyone is blessed with the same happy circumstances, and that the holidays can bring about memories of people lost, achievements failed, or another year gone badly. If you find yourself in bad circumstances or situations, please know that there is a way out. It’s Read more…
It feels counterintuitive to write about my lowest point on the best day ever. Today! The release day of NO PLACE TO FALL! Okay folks, let’s take a moment and let that sink in. Are you smiling like I am? Thank you. Here it goes: My lowest point came in the early winter of 2012. I’d signed with an agent only about seven months before that and we’d lightly shopped an upper middle grade manuscript. Read more…
I’ve never suffered from depression. I know I’m lucky to say that, and I know I can’t imagine what it must be like to live with it. But low points? Yeah, I’ve had a few. Five years ago, I returned to the States after living in London for four years. It was, simply put, four years of magic. Four years of traveling the world, visiting museums, making friends, experiencing culture. I had taken a break Read more…
Rebecca Yarros New Adult Entangled: Embrace Publishing Release December 8, 2014 Synopsis Life’s too short to play it safe… Since her sister’s death, twenty-year-old Paisley Donovan, who shares her sister’s heart condition, is treated like delicate glass by her parents. But nothing will stop her from completing her Bucket List—even if it kills her. And it almost does, until Jagger Bateman pulls her from the ocean and breathes more than air into her lungs—he sets Read more…
The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today we are so happy to have Elly Blake and her Pitch Wars mentor, Sarah Nicolas, here for a little Q and A. Elly recently signed with Suzie Towsend, Jaida Temperly, and Jackie Lindert with New Leaf Literary. So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Elly, what made you decide to send Read more…
The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today we are so happy to have Nikki Roberti and her Pitch Wars mentor, Rachel Lynn Soloman, here for a little Q and A. Nikki recently signed with Carrie Howland of Donadio & Olson. So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Nikki, what made you decide to send a Pitch Wars Read more…
Depression, Escapism, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer This writing journey is a painful one and not for the faint of heart. As writers, there are a lot of things stacked against us. We spend hours alone with our thoughts and 95% of the feedback we get is rejection–often generic. Not to mention many of us who pursue the writing life start out with scars. As a result, self-doubt and writing go hand in hand, Read more…