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Win a copy of THE BFF BUCKET LIST!

I’m one of today’s Pitch Wars Mentor Spotlights over at Brenda Drake’s blog and there’s a giveaway.

Stop by and enter to win a copy of THE BFF BUCKET LIST! Better hurry though—winner will be chosen Saturday evening.

Go to Brenda’s website to enter!

Dee & Jen’s Pitch Wars Bios & Wishlist

Hey there, Pitch Wars hopefuls! You know us as Dee and Jen and may have seen us hanging around together in cyberspace. We hang out in real life too, even though we live 450 miles apart. We met in the slush pile of Pitch Madness when I (Dee) couldn’t resist tracking Jen down and demanding respectfully requesting that she send me her manuscript to read. So it’s perhaps meant to be that now we both have books out in the world and we’re co-mentoring in a Brenda Drake contest, like the one that br...

Query.Sign.Submit.Debut! with Kurt Dinan

Kurt is a Young Adult author and his debut, DON’T GET CAUGHT, is now available from Sourcebooks! He is represented by Kerry Sparks of LGR Literary.

Connect with Kurt . . .

Goodreads * Twitter * Website *  Blog

Get the book . . .

Amazon * IndieBound * Barnes & Noble

 

 

QUERY

What was your method for querying? Small batches? Query widely? Wait for feedback?

I know a lot of people say to target your queries to a few, but I’m a nuclear bomb sort of guy, wanting to hit as many...

Query.Sign.Submit.Debut! with Margaret Dilloway

Margaret is a middle grade author and her debut, MOMOTARO BOOK ONE: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS is now available from Disney-Hyperion! She is represented by Dan Lazar, Writers House.

Connect with Margaret . . .

Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads

Get the book . . .

Amazon * IndieBound * Barnes & Noble

 

 

QUERY

What resources and websites did you use when querying?

QueryTracker

Did you ever have a Revise & Resubmit? What should a writer consider when decidi...

Query.Sign.Submit.Debut! with Claire Fayers

Claire is a middle grade author and her debut, THE VOYAGE TO MAGICAL NORTH, is now available from Henry Holt. She is represented by Gemma Cooper at the Bent Agency.

Connect with Claire . . .

Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads

Get the book . . .

Amazon * Barnes & Noble

 

QUERY

What advice would you give to querying writers?

Don’t give up; you never know when success will come. And take advantage of all the resources that are out there. Join the Society of Children’s Book Writer...

BEHIND THE BOOK – Designing a Cover

Ever wonder how a cover comes to be? A whole bunch of people are involved in the process and decision-making, including the book’s editor and the sales & marketing team. For THE BFF BUCKET LIST, both cover designer Karina Grande and illustrator Annabelle Metayer had a big part in making such a wonderful cover.

Here’s a look behind the scenes . . .

What is the first step in the process?

Cover Designer, Karina Grande:

If the book is available, we’re given the manuscript and a summary of wh...

Query.Sign.Submit.Debut! with Jenny Manzer

Jenny is a young adult author and her debut, SAVE ME, KURT COBAIN, is now available from Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House)! She is represented by Kerry Sparks of Levine Greenberg Rostan.

Connect with Jenny . . .

Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads

Get the book . . .

Amazon * Powell's * BAM! * Barnes and Noble * IndieBound * Penguin Random House

 

 

Now for Jenny’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, going on submission, and being a debut author!

QUERY

What advice...

BEHIND THE BOOK with Janet Sumner Johnson

All books, no matter the genre, have some reality in them. Some truth that called to the author, and pushed them to write the book.

When I was 19, I found myself at a weekend retreat with a bunch of college friends where everyone had paired off but me. Talk about awkward. I wasn’t a writer then, but I have always loved writing, so I begged some paper and a pen and sat down and wrote.

I started with stream-of-conscious about how I was feeling, but soon I found myself telling the story of Annie...

Query.Sign.Submit.Debut! with Lindsay Eagar

Lindsay is a middle grade author and her debut, HOUR OF THE BEES, is now available from Candlewick Press. She is represented by Sarah Davies of Greenhouse Literary Agency.

Connect with Lindsay . . .

Twitter * Goodreads

Get the book . . .

Indiebound * Barnes and Noble * Amazon 

 

Now for Lindsay’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, going on submission, and being a debut author!

QUERY

What are some important things for querying writers to consider when researching agents?

1...

Get a free set of friendship postcards!

As a THANK YOU to those who preorder THE BFF BUCKET LIST, I’m giving away sets of these adorable, custom designed friendship postcards! Send them to your BFFs or use them as notecards and make someone smile. :)

For details on where to preorder and how to get your set of postcards, go to http://www.deeromito.com/thanks.

About the book . . .

Ella and Skyler have been best friends since kindergarten. Although lately, things have been different.

Ella’s determined to fix things with a fun project...