A Fabulous Plastic Hoopla:
In my novel, the narrator’s mother has a “fabulous plastic hoopla" where the saleslady extols the virtues of Tupperware to fawning women drinking vodka-spiked punch with a … Continue reading >>
What You Need Upfront:
A typical query letter starts out with a hook, which is followed by the most important information an agent wants to know upfront: genre and word count.
The Pitch:
The next … Continue reading >>
Yes, I made a pact to query 100 agents before I would quit! In fact, I probably would have kept on going had I not gotten two offers of representation by the time I hit 83 queries. (see Query 100 … Continue reading >>