Howdy! This is my first time doing Pitch Wars (click link for details on this writer's contest). After reading so many amazing mentee bios here, I decided I had to break down and do one myself. Here we go. A wee little background on me. 1. I have a BA in English and Sociology and … Continue reading Pitch Wars Mentee Bio
Query, in which an author asks an agent to the prom
Or at least that's what it feels like. One time, and one time only, did I ask a guy out. It was to my prom. My on-again off-again boyfriend was off and there was no one in my school I was interested in at all. So, I screwed my courage to the sticking place and … Continue reading Query, in which an author asks an agent to the prom
Writing the Author Bio – A bit excruciating isn’t it?
Today's lunch hour task was to write an author bio. It's the last thing I need to complete the query I have ready to send an agent. Finding an agent I thought was a good match proved easier than anticipated. Finishing this dang query is another matter. I was moving along nicely until I crashed … Continue reading Writing the Author Bio – A bit excruciating isn’t it?
Self-Publishing; Instant Gratification or a Whole Lot of Work?
On my lunch hour today I invested some time in researching publishers, agents, and all the intricacies of self-publishing. It was dang exhausting and I'm nowhere near done. The whole process of landing an agent and then making it to one of the Big Five publishers seems a bit like winning the lottery. The small … Continue reading Self-Publishing; Instant Gratification or a Whole Lot of Work?
Third Acts
A month or so ago I sat down with a student from my Alma mater to answer a series of questions about my life now and how it was shaped by the college as part of an alumni project. One question she asked sort of rankled. I had just gone into what I did for … Continue reading Third Acts
In any moment of decision…
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt What I would love to do today is to quit my job and throw my full efforts into writing and … Continue reading In any moment of decision…
Firsts
November, three years ago I decided on a whim to try to write a novel in thirty days. I joined nanowrimo.org and after about ten false starts, I stopped hating everything I wrote. Instead of deleting a thousand words at a time, I was writing two thousand per sitting. Miraculously I finished on time and … Continue reading Firsts
Christa MacDonald 