Happy Friday, squiders. It is almost my birthday, which continues to be a day I look forward to, despite the inescapable march of time. My random number generator continues to work well! I’m getting a lot done, and I’ve managed
Thinking Ahead
I sent the end of Book 1 to my in-person critique group yesterday. I expect there will be some adjusting necessary, though I am interested to see how they feel about the ending as they’ve read the whole book, whereas
Revisiting Query Letters
A branch of my library system had a talk last night, given by Kristen Nelson and Angie Hidapp of the Nelson Literary Agency here in Colorado, about querying and query letters. My husband said I should go, and so I
The Mess of the Query Letter
The mess of my life too, Squiders. I’ve finally got everything in order to start getting my submission stuff together for my YA paranormal novel. So now I need to construct a query letter and a synopsis. I haven’t had
Friday Round-up
My thoughts and prayers are with Japan today. Here are some options for helping them. Space/Science Secret Space Shuttle Blasts Off for Second Mission Alien Microbe Claim Starts Fight Over Meteorite Solving the Mystery of the Most Violent Event in