Synopses Are Actually Awesome

I honestly never thought I’d say those words. It’s true, my attitude toward synopses has evolved over the years. At first, I utterly loathed them. Then, after my crit partner’s synopsis revealed a major plot issue I’d failed to spot while reading the actual...

Critiques and Cultivating Self-Awareness

I’ve written about critiquing and revising several times before. There’s a reason for that—in the last two years, I’ve personally had to come to terms with how critiquing works, how it feels, what I should take from it, and what role it plays in an author’s career....

Pitch Wars MSWL: M.K. England and Jamie Pacton (YA)

We are YA co-mentors M.K. England and Jamie Pacton. We’re Pitch Wars 2015 alums turned agented authors, and we’re here for all your YA submissions! We are smart. We are funny. We read all the things. We will make you work, but you will have a better book by the end....

Pitch Wars is Coming!

In the past two months I’ve moved to a new state, started a new job at a new library, become a first-time landlord (ugh), and… some other things that I can’t talk about yet. It’s a lot, y’all. And on top of it all? I’m preparing to be a #PitchWars mentor for the first...