Actually, it's big news. The Broken Trail is going to be published! This November it's hitting the shelves published by Mountain Brook Ink. How'd this come about? Research. I was reading up on small presses and Christian publishers and came across Mountain Brook Ink. I knew almost immediately that this was a publisher I … Continue reading A Little News
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In the Query Trenches
So... where have I been you ask? Working. The day job heated up just about the same time I finally had BITTERSWEET ready to submit to agents. In between meetings, crunching data, and what felt like endless spreadsheets I was polishing up my query and submitting my latest book to potential agents. How's it going? … Continue reading In the Query Trenches
The Business of Publishing
Once again I have gotten lost down the rabbit hole with my manuscript, editing the bejabbers out of it. I'm much happier with it now and finally I can say I'm done. It's ready for a real editor who can polish it up. I hope to be putting up a summary soon for all those … Continue reading The Business of Publishing
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?
Christa MacDonald 