Alternate title: What I learned from entering a bunch of mentorship contests. Hey writer people. I know it’s been another tumultuous week in the world of aspiring writers, with the most recent round of Author Mentor Match mentees announced yesterday. First, congratulations to all the writers chosen! I hope this is the beginning of an…
Month: November 2017
Writing for Change
I’ve been playing catch-up over the past week. As usual, I’m spending my birthday month participating in NaNoWriMo, trying to churn out 50,000 words in 30 days. I fell behind during the PitchWars agent round- can you blame me?- but I’m clawing my way back. To motivate myself, I’ve joined a challenge called The Mighty…
How does this work, exactly?
This post is for people who are writer-adjacent, the friends and family of writers (hi, friends and family!) or for people who are new to writing and still trying to figure out how this whole process works. So, for my experienced query-warriors, you may mosey on past this post if you’d like to. With the…
Agent Round: Day 1
Hey friends! Much love to all of you who have been checking in and cheering me on today. PitchWars is like querying in hyperdrive but things still take time, so as much as I’d love to give you a final verdict on my PitchWars experience, that isn’t how this process works, alas. Day One has…