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A New Library In Town: One Stop For Writers

ONE STOP FOR WRITERS has officially launched!! You might already know that I love everything Angela and Becca have created (the Emotion Thesaurus!) and this is no different. It's an AMAZING resource for writers. Read on to learn more from Lee (who also created Scrivener for Windows), Angela, and Becca. :) *See end of post for an awesome launch week special!!

If there's one thing all writers agree on, it's that writing is TOUGH. The road to publication twists and dips as we learn the craft, ho...

Scrivener - Favorites

Favorites are an easy way to group chapters or scenes to keep handy as you work or to just use temporarily. You might want to add scenes you need to revise or add chapters that include a specific character as you do a read through. (For more ways to group chapters/scenes see keywords, label & status, and collections.)

You can add whatever you like to Favorites and move the box around.

Plus it's easy. :)
 










Go to "Documents" "Favorites" "Favorites Manager" (Mac- "Manage Favorites").

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Scrivener - Collections

When it comes to grouping and keeping track of things in your manuscript, there are multiple options, including keywords, label, status, icons, favorites and collections. They all do slightly different things, so it depends what you need for your project.

Collections

[image error] Collections allow you to group chapters and scenes together for easy access whenever you need them. In the example to the left, the story takes place in multiple locations, so the chapters are grouped by location into separate coll...

First Page Critique & A Chance for an Agent Query Critique!

Here's a fun promotion from the wonderful (and also my agent-sister!) Laura Lee Anderson to celebrate her upcoming debut YA contemporary novel, SONG OF SUMMER, being published on
July 7th by Bloomsbury Spark!

Every single person who preorders SONG OF SUMMER will get a 250-word (first page) critique from Laura and be entered in a drawing to win a query critique from her agent, Uwe Stender at TriadaUS!

Here’s how it works:

1) Pre-order SONG OF SUMMER (which is currently less than the cost of...

LIBRARY JUMPERS by Brenda Drake - Cover Reveal!

Library Jumpersby Brenda DrakeRelease Date: January 2016Entangled Teen
Summary from Goodreads:Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels—magical knights charged with protec...

Query.Sign.Submit. with Melissa Jeglinski

Melissa represents Romance (contemporary, category, historical, inspirational) Young Adult, Middle Grade, Women’s Fiction and Mystery.
She responds to all queries within two weeks, although if you query her during the holidays it may be a week longer.  If you haven’t heard back from her in a month, you should resend your query.  BUT, please follow their guidelines.  If you send your query as an attachment it will not be opened and will not be responded to. Submission guidelines...

Query.Sign.Submit. with Sarah Marsh

Sarah Glenn Marsh is a young adult and picture book author. Her YA debut, FEAR THE DROWNING DEEP, will be released by Sky Pony in September 2016. She is represented by Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency.

 

 

Connect with Sarah . . .

Website
Blog
Twitter
Goodreads
Pinterest

  Now for Sarah’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, and going on submission!

QUERY

What advice would you give to querying writers?

First, don’t query before the book is ready...

Query.Sign.Submit. with Michelle Richter

Michelle represents adult fiction, and is specifically looking for book club reads, literary fiction, smart women’s commercial fiction, thrillers and mysteries. She responds to all queries.

To connect with and learn more about Michelle . . .

Website
Twitter

 

Now for Michelle’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, and going on submission!

QUERY

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

Querying writers should think about whether the...

Query.Sign.Submit. with Uwe Stender

Uwe represents both fiction and nonfiction in a wide range of genres. His current focus in fiction is YA, middle grade, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Mysteries.

Uwe responds to all queries that follow agency guidelines, normally within one week. If he hasn't responded after two weeks, please resend.

To connect with and learn more about Uwe . . .

Triada US Website 
Twitter

  Now for Uwe’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, and going on submission!

QUERY

What advice...

Win an agent critique or a book of your choice. :)

Have you had your eye on a new book for a while now? Did you just finish the best book you’ve ever read and NEED the sequel?

Click here to head over to this month’s raffle for a book of your choice ($10 or less).

Are you having trouble getting that query letter just right? Would you love for a professional to have a look the first page of your manuscript?

Click here for this month’s raffle to win a first page or query critique from literary agent Brent Taylor of TriadaUS!

If you already...