by MK England | May 2, 2016 | Drafting, Goals
I’ve participated in the YA Buccaneers seasonal writing bootcamps on and off since spring 2014 and I’ve decided to participate in the Spring Writing Bootcamp again this year in hopes of distracting myself from being on submission. Time to refocus my energy on...
by MK England | Mar 9, 2016 | Drafting, Editing, Writing Groups, Writing Process
Getting critiqued is hard. There’s really no way around it. When you first start getting hardcore critiqued, it hurts. It took me the better part of a year to grow thick enough skin to really get something useful out of my critiques, and I felt horrible the entire...
by MK England | Mar 9, 2016 | News, Querying
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve signed with the incomparable Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency! I seriously have the world’s most intense and badass agent. She’s like being strapped to the front of a bullet train, but in the best way. One of these...
by MK England | Feb 24, 2016 | Drafting, Questions Answered, Writing Process
It’s been a while. I know. Forgive me. Things got pretty real in the beginning of 2016. So what’s happened? Two things, mainly. I completed my R&R for Space Academy Rejects, which includes a completely new second half and tons of fantastic revisions to the front....
by MK England | Dec 4, 2015 | Drafting, Editing, Goals
What. A. Month. #PitchWars agent round. Tons of querying. An R&R request. And, oh yeah… a little thing called NaNoWriMo. This was my first year as an Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month, and it was pretty great. Stressful, busy, but fun and...
