Saturday Links
First, a shout out to my SecondBorn, Rebekah, who drew the “Links” picture above. Rebekah loves all things Asian, and has a particular love for the Japanese. She loves Nintendo (particularly Zelda–she’s working her...
Tagged: Janet Reid
Janet Reid’s Scary Contest
Last Friday, Literary Agent Janet Reid ran a competition on her blog. The entrants had to write a story using 100 words or fewer, incorporating the words UNFORSAKEN, DEADLY, WITCH, GHOST, DECAY, and SLAY–with...
Punctuation Saves Lives!
It’s possible some of my readers are not also readers of Janet Reid’s blog (shame on you!). For those people, Ms. Reid posted this today. She got it from Tawna Fenske’s blog. It made...
Book Title Poetry
Literary agent Janet Reid, is hosting a competition on her blog. Well, I should say was hosting, since the competition closed today. Inspired by Tahereh Mafi, she asked those entering to create a poem using titles...
Pitch vs. Query
If you’ve been reading my “Thoughts and Tips on Querying,” you will notice that I often refer to the part of the query where you describe your novel as “the pitch.” I want to...
