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Query letters. What are they? And why do you need one? A query letter is a bit like the cover letter you send along with your resume or CV when you’re applying for a job. You are using it to 1) pitch the book, 2) get the reader of the letter intrigued and eager to dive

A quick and dirty flowchart of what happens in what order when it comes to publishing–either traditionally or independently. Read more WORDS FOR WRITERS articles. Ask me a question about the craft or business of writing.

Schrodinger’s Queer: Learning Through Imagination I saw a quote going around the internet recently that I think is extremely powerful and extremely apt in the current political climate: [Image ID: Tweet by Jennifer Powell username Ace_Librarian7. I have made it my mission to unteach children that “fiction is fake”. Here are my new definitions I

Originally Published on Storybilder August 24, 2021 This is the second part of our discussion on narrative vocabulary and tone. Part One focuses on vocabulary choice and ways to shed light on your characters’ inner thoughts and world view through the language they use. What is “Tone”?  Compared to vocabulary choice, tone is harder to pin

Originally Posted on Storybilder August 10, 2021 If your characters are the lens through which the reader experiences your story, and you the writer are the glassmaker, then vocabulary makes up the grains of sand which create the glass.  Likewise, tone is the mold into which you pour your hot glass to set the lens.