Time for some community feedback! It’s that time again!! Time for you all to help me out by critiquing a shiny, revised query that has been wrung through the Query Day wringer. For June, we have our second lucky “winner”, Katharine Owens (a.k.a. The Insect Collector). As always, be HELPFUL, be gentle, and leave your […]
You all may recall my gushing recommendation of Tara Hudson’s Hereafter a few weeks back. Well, I am now absolutely ecstatic to share my recent interview with her! Born and raised in Oklahoma, Tara Hudson graduated with a degree in law, mostly because she believed all the horror stories about English majors and their careers […]
5 out of 5 stars. It’s terrible that I haven’t recommended a Tamora Pierce book yet, so I shall begin with my very favorite: Wild Magic. This book literally changed my life. It was the first series I ever read with a strong female protagonist. I wanted nothing more than to leave my horrible junior […]
For those of you who missed the revealing of this new feature, Sooz’s YA Publishing Industry Lowdow, the general idea is that I’d share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. So, let’s get started–there were a LOT of deals this week!!
A while back, we did a QOTW on this topic, and yesterday, Billy did a great post discussing this from a romance standpoint. That said, I wanted to expand on it just a bit. First of all, telling is considered bad. Why? Because it packs less punch and ultimately doesn’t pull a reader in. For […]
Submissions are now closed. We received your applications for the Writing for Young Adults workshop, and we will notify the first six applicants soon. If you were not in the first six but your application got through before we could close the form, then we will notify you as well. If you are seeing this […]
Because today is The Day. Submissions for Writing for Young Adults go live at 5 PM eastern time (which is EDT, and this is what time it is FOR ME RIGHT NOW). You can try to figure out your own time zone here. And remember: we’re only taking the FIRST SIX APPLICANTS. (For more info […]
5 out of 5 stars. Wow, just wow. I don’t know why it took me so long to pick up this book–I really regret not starting Armstrong’s The Summoning sooner. The book opens with a darn GOOD prologue that officially scared the willies out of me, and the story just builds and builds after that. […]
I thought I’d start a new feature: Sooz’s YA Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I’d share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. Why am I doing this? In the recent polls, that was one of the most requested things. Not […]
♥ Time for some community feedback! ♥ It’s that time again!! For June’s Query Day, we have our first lucky “winner”, Sharon Bayliss. Her shiny, revised query is now ready for some group feedback! As always, be HELPFUL, be gentle, and leave your comments below. ~~~ Dear Ms. Agent, I’ve read in interviews that you […]