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Chicago Reads: Anderson’s YA Literature Conference

If any of you need any writing motivation, here’s my blog post from ChiYA about the Anderson’s Bookshop YA conference. It’s chock-full of wisdom, jokes, and inspiration from some of the best YA writers out there! Happy writing, everyone!

CHI YA

I was lucky enough to attend Anderson’s Bookshop’sYA Literature Conferencelast monthin Naperville, Illinois. And I am so happy that I got to go with my ChiYA sisters, Ronni and Samira!

The lineup of authors was fantastic (keynotes in bold): Frank Bed...

WriteOnCon

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I’m honored to be a Speaker at WriteOnCon 2017, the interactive online writer’s conference to take place Thursday February 2-Saturday, February 4. The only writer’s conference you can attend in your pajamas (well, without any repercussion).

The conference is for writers and illustrators of PB, MG, YA, and NA. There will be blog posts, vlogs, pitch sessions with agents and editors, Q&As, and critique forums. There will be sessions covering everything from craft to holding book events, and wil...

Chime: Review

Welcome, new followers! Thanks everyone who tuned in for my series about revisions, The Call, and Submission! Thanks to everyone who reached out to tell me how my posts have helped them—it means so much, and I’m so happy to hear many of you have been receiving offers!

Up this week is a review of a beautiful book. Chime features one of my favorite witches, Briony Larkin!

Written by Franny Billingsley

National Book Award Finalist

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Before Briony’s stepmother died, she m...

Writer’s Nook

I’ve been silent on social media and my blog because I needed some time to process the recent events, and my way to do so was to focus on myAmerican Pandarevisions. As so many people from the literary world have been saying, it’s important to continue putting books in the world that bring happiness and comfort to our readers. The hope ofputting more love into the world gets me through the day and keeps me writing.

No matter where you are in the process, I hope to be able to help in whatever w...

Introducing ChiYA!

Writing is so much better when you have your community! I’m lucky to have met all these lovely writers, and we’ve banded together to start Chi YA, “where Chicago’s YA writers come together to discussall things young at heart, adult in wisdom, and rich in literary style. We’re writers who take our craft seriously and believe in the power of stories tochange the world. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a good belly laugh, a swoony romance, or a spark of magic along the way.”

I’m always so in...

Submission Demystified

This is part 6 of 6 of my series on the process of revising, signing with an agent, and submitting.

Previous posts:

Revisions Before The Call(what to prepare) The Call (including what questions I asked) After The Call: Client References Multiple Offers

There’s a lot of mystery surrounding submission, and after going on sub, I learned why Fight Club rules apply to submission but not querying. Strategically, you don’t want the world to know you’re on sub. For those who don’t know, submission...

Multiple Offers

This is part 5 of my series on the process of revising, signing with an agent, and submitting.

Previous posts:

Revisions Before The Call The Call (including what questions I asked) After The Call: Client References

I was fortunate enough to receive offers from a handful ofagents. It’s a bit overwhelming going from desperately wanting an agent to getting more than one offer to making this huge decision for your career in a limited amount of time based on an hour-long phone call. For those of...

After The Call: Client References

This is part 4 of my series on the process of revising, signing with an agent, and submitting.

Previous posts in this series:

Revisions Before The Call The Call (including what questions I asked)

Client referenceswere not only important for learning about the agent and his/her client relationships, but also a fabulous way to meet other authors! I’m still in touch with several authors of agents I didn’t end up signing with. As mentioned in the post about The Call, I always asked the agent to...

The Call

This is part 3 of my series on the process of revising, signing with an agent, and submitting.

Previous posts:

Revisions Before The Call What I needed for the call: a protein shake beforehand because I was too nervous to eat, but also didn’t want to be hungry/lightheaded/malnourished a cup of tea a cup of water fully charged Bluetooth empty Word document to type up a transcript because I knew I wouldn’t be able to recall everything notebook and pen in case something went wonky with my com...

Before The Call

Last week, I started a series of blog posts to talk revisions, The Call (separated into Before, During, and After posts), multiple offers, and submission. Up today: discussing what steps I took between scheduling the call with the agent and actually speaking on the phone.

What I researched:

Agency

Any red flags on Preditors or Editors, Absolute Write, or Querytracker? How long have they been around? What books do they represent? What publishers do they sell to? Have there been multiple clien...