ON WRITING
On Publishing
Query Letters
Querying: The Do’s and Don’ts and a Worksheet (Erin Bowman on Publishing Crawl)
The Parts of a Good Query (Susan Dennard–check out her website for a ton of fab resources)
Comp Titles–An Elevator Pitch for Your Book (Andrea Bachofen on Penguin Random House)
The Road to Publication
A Very Official Guide to Books and Stuff
How to Get Traditionally Published (Susan Dennard’s three part guide)
Why Rejection on a First Book Can Be a Blessing (Hannah Fergesen on Publishing Crawl)
How to Publish a Book: An Overview of Traditional & Self-Publishing (A Writer’s Digest guide to the differences and similarities)
Working in the Industry
The One About Working in Publishing (Alexandra Bracken’s very thorough guide to the industry)
On Editing
Critiques
Responding to Critiques (Even When They Hurt)
Critique Groups and Critique Partners (Susan Dennard’s stellar guide)
How to Find a Critique Partner (Beth Revis’s advice on her blog)
On Drafting
Craft
Internal and External Motivation
On My Own Journey
Thankful Thoughts and New Chapters
A Very Official Guide to Books and Stuff
An update on life, lit*, and the pursuit of happiness
How it feels to have a book coming out (that nobody has read)
On Stick Figure Nonsense
(Sometimes I draw cartoons about my life and/or linguistics. My artistic abilities are limited. Let me live my life.)
How to flirt with a shepherd in ninth-century Oxford
What’s it like to travel during the pandemic?