Whether it was my sparkling bio or my entry, I did get selected for PitchWars 2017. I applied to six different mentors/mentor teams and got five out of six requests for my full manuscript (*side-eyes the sixth*). For weeks, I was glued to Twitter looking for any hint that I may be a front runner … Continue reading PitchWars 2017
Author: akjones75
#pimpmybio
#pimpmybio time! Well, hello #PitchWars! You've gone and given me an excuse to post on my blog, yay! About myself, boo! No, no, it's okay. I thought about it and when in doubt, I'm just gonna put up a quick pic of my kids or my dogs and I'll be fine. #familysupport amiright? But first, … Continue reading #pimpmybio
finishing My Unfinished Heart
Sent out my first five queries for the revised version of My Unfinished Heart. I stopped at five because I got nervous. I'm perfecting my synopsis (all the various versions of it) before sending more out. I aimed kind of high with this first round of queries and I'm not sure if that was a … Continue reading finishing My Unfinished Heart
#amquerying
I'm back at it. Currently I'm querying The Professor and Miss St. James. It's been polished to a shiny gleam. My biggest problem in querying this book is that it has the structure and payoff of a contemporary romance, but I'm trying to carve out a new spot in this genre with a story that goes a … Continue reading #amquerying
#QueryKombat
I threw my query for The Professor and Miss St. James into the ring. We'll see how it holds up. I nicknamed it Ivy League Sex Scandal. Not gonna lie, I did have to resubmit for word count last night, but I think I got it all worked out. I'm actually nervous! But I'll say … Continue reading #QueryKombat
#writerproblems
When you feel like you had an amazing weekend, but someone asks you about it, and you realize it was your characters that had all the fun. #writerproblems