by Laura Brooke Robson | Aug 13, 2018 | Critiques, Editing, Life, Writing
Who are you? Hello! I’m Laura. I write YA fantasy and I want to mentor your manuscript! If you’re not familiar with Pitch Wars, go check it out here. Essentially, it’s a writing competition/community/event that helps writers edit their manuscripts and connect with...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Aug 5, 2018 | Drafting, Writing
For more on writing motivated characters, check out this post on the difference between internal and external motivations. All my favorite stories are character-driven. Oh, sure, you can write an action-packed tale of car chases and dragon slaying and all the...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Jul 10, 2018 | Writing
So you want to write an epic query letter, hmm? I queried 24 agents. Those queries turned into 17 full or partial requests. Those requests turned into four offers of representation (and a fifth request for more reading time, but I was so in love with Danielle that I...
by Laura Brooke Robson | May 27, 2018 | Critiques, Drafting, Editing, Writing
The publishing industry is confusing. Lovely friends and family have asked me everything from, “Wait, have you written the book yet?” to “Two years? Your book doesn’t come out for two years? Is it really that bad?”* *:( Fortunately, I decided to neurotically research...
by Laura Brooke Robson | May 15, 2018 | Life, Writing
tl;dr: My book is a thing! It’s a thing you’re gonna get to read! Celebrate with me! Long version: When I was six, I decided I wanted to be an author. Not much has changed. Ahh, youth. When I was fourteen, I finished my first full length book. There were dragons and a...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Nov 25, 2017 | Life, Stanford, Writing
I recently had a couple of good friends describe me as “really upbeat and optimistic.” Which is awesome and all, but I couldn’t help myself from thinking… Really? I try my best to be a cheerful person—it’s something my parents emphasized the heck out of when I was...
