TLIF – Looking for Fantasy Recs.

by | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

One of the classes I attended at RMFW was about how to choose genre for a book. Outside of the agent/editor panels, it was the best session I went to. The speaker was fantastic, and she had some great tips on how to narrow down the genre of your novel.One thing she...

At the Core of the Character

by | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

As I fell asleep to ‘Thor’ (which kind of bummed be out because I love all the scenes in Asgard, especially if they have Loki in the, and I like the ending, and blah, blah, blah, but anyway), I had this repeating thought in my head. It wasn’t related...

Focus, and…pitch

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

I was talking to Charity Bradford yesterday, (go check out her blog, you won’t be disappointed), because one – she had some great thoughts on yesterday’s post and two – because my pitch is up for critique today over at Unicorn Bell. The focus...

"What’s your story about?"

by | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

I attended the RMFW (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers) Gold Conference this weekend. This was not my first conference, but it was my first writers conference. It was probably the most diverse group of people I’ve ever seen, especially considering there were only...

Active, Passive, who did what to whom?

by | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

Sometime this week I’m going to share my story of my very first every pitch session with a literary agent. One, because it made me giddy, but two because it’s one of those things that’s kind of nerve wracking, and I figure it might be helpful to...