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I have three big posts going. One of them is an FAQ with a billion links, and it is taking forever. Two of them started as useful and ended ...

It is still a brazillion degrees here with thick air. Hope you are all staying cool. Drink plenty of water! This is good advice even if you ...

Q: My question is about children's picture books. Some say you need an agent for them and others say that you don't. I would like ...

FunCheapSF's city fireworks guide Happy 4th of July, Americans! This week I am in San Francisco helping my sister move house and ...

"I'm the first to admit that I'm not much of a writer, but I have stories burning inside me, and I want a professional book edi...

A wee link roundup for you, so I can close some tabs: The Big Black Cat did a fun interview with me, including NO questions about queries,...

A lot of YA and MG slush pile offerings open with something like this - a totally made up example: "There was nothing to do in this du...

I am going to start off by saying, I have never worked in a hospital or on a battlefield or at a vet's office or even played Operation (...

Q: Do I query my favourite agents first or second? Please help. This has come up a lot lately and I don't get it. I am told that autho...

Yesterday, twitter-peep @BriaQuinlan asked the following questions of her followers: QUESTION: What does it say to you when you see that a...

BEA madness is officially over for another year, and I managed to get out of it with only a scratchy throat rather than the full-fledged flu...

A peek behind the curtain at the Agency: Some weeks ago (a month or more, actually) ABLit underwent a server change. Now, that may not mea...

Q: People say when you're researching agents, you should look at the acknowledgements of  books like yours to find out who reps them. B...

Q: My middle grade novel is complete at 250,000 words, and have five sequels planned which will each be approximately the same length. I kn...

Happy flowers! Sunshine! Trees! IT'S SPRING!  (actually this pic was taken during a spot of rain - but I like the flowers.) ANYwhoo, I...

I answered this one in the April open thread, but it was buried and since I know a lot of people are curious about this stuff... Q: I'v...

Let's close some tabs, shall we? Here's a thoughtful post from Janni Lee Simner about the not-death of traditional publishing . Ye...

Twitter-Q: What sorts of clauses should we watch for in the agent contract? Do authors ever have an attorney review before they sign? I...

Every year or two there is a story about a nonfiction writer who just made up a bunch of bullshit and called it his life story, or copied a ...

Twitter-Q: "[I] would love to know why a full mss is always required, it would save time and heartbreak to know five chapters in the b...