I’m interested in people. That’s actually why I write. And also why I start conversations with random people in the supermarket. I like to know how people work — why they DO what they do. And yes, I do sometimes use what I learn in my stories. Hopefully, that makes my characters very believable. And […]
query contests
There are two amazing query contests that have quick deadlines. Kathleen Ortiz (the beautifully talented Associate Agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Lowenstein Associates) is hosting the first contest based on a points system that ends TODAY! The prize is a query critique! And she says “And we’re not talking just some comments. We’re talking […]
critiques: go get ’em!
Hello all aspiring authors (and even veteran authors). As many of you already know, one of the best things you can do for your writing is to get your work critiqued. Now that we have that established, I decided to list some of the different options you have when it comes to being critiqued. I […]
Chersti Nieveen 