I was ten when Dances with Wolves came out. Such a beautiful film, yet all my family took from it…
Category: 2016 Debs
This topic — the secrets we’ve kept during the publishing process — has been difficult for me to sort through,…
In the book FLAPPERS: A MADCAP STORY OF SEX, STYLE, CELEBRITY, AND THE WOMEN WHO MADE AMERICA MODERN, the author…
When my revisions were complete, and my novel was in my agent’s hands, I got down to the…
Congratulations to Claudia, winner of THE SPARROW SISTERS by Debutante Ball guest Ellen Herrick. Check back next week, where we will…
The first other black woman debut novelist I connected with online was Naomi Jackson. I was so excited about her…
My fellow Debs have done an amazing job this week of demystifying the agent querying process. All have given stellar…
It was 2007 when I first set out to understand the query process with a manuscript much lighter than what I…
Ah, the query. The most important 500 words you’ll ever write. Oh, man, I wish that were an overstatement. Here…
Yesterday, Louise gave some of the best advice I’ve read on how to research agents. She suggested going to conferences…