So the writer’s conference where GRENDEL finaled is next week, which means I’ve spent the last few days on the business side of things. The query is as done as it’s going to be until after I get some feedback from agents. Ditto my 1- and 2-pg synopses and my elevator pitch. Business cards, which [...]
Archive for August, 2012
“Must Read” book lists and why I avoid them
Posted: 17th August 2012 by amschilling in General, PublishingI’ll try to keep the preachy down today, but I was reading an article earlier on the “MUST READ” books for fall 2012 and winter 2013 and quite frankly? It really tweaked my buttons. I’m not going to say whose list it was other than it was a major news source. And I’m not going [...]
Some excellent news on the writing front this week. GRENDEL made it to the finals for the RMFW competition. I entered not expecting much except feedback that would help me make the book better, and while I got that I also got placed among the top five novels for speculative fiction! So that’s pretty awesome. [...]
