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January 2025 Reads
This month was a tough one. But thankfully I managed to find the time to read to escape some hardships. As you can tell, that mostly meant romances. Romance stories help me escape the world and calm my anxiety because there is a HEA (happily ever after) or HFN (happy for now). So it’s no…
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MSWL 1/22/25
This is as seen on MSWL. You can keep peeking back here at my blog to get a sense of what I’ve been reading, my taste, and any other additional information I may give. I will do my best to continue to update my MSWL as things advance and chance. I am going to try…
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Escapes I’m Looking Forward to in 2025
This one isn’t only for the bookish people- it’s for the pop culture, it’s for the best things coming, it’s for our SANITY. As 2025 starts off with more than we bargained for, I want us to keep in mind all the good things we can use to escape. Let’s start some with some goodies:…
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December 2024 Reads
If you follow me on my author Instagram @christinekellywrites, you’ll have seen I already posted my recap, so sorry this is a bit behind. Generally, that’s the theme of the year so far for me– just a bit behind! I took the holiday break off mostly (I did do some *things* for upcoming news in…
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Resources: Freelance Editors
While using a freelance editor is never necessary for the querying author I do believe there are some very good reasons to use them. Esepically if you have exhausted your resources of CPs and Betas, but are still getting feedback in the trenches that something isn’t working about your story. Here are a few editors…
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Author Highlights: 2024
I did a post on the agenting highlights, but that’s not all I am (along with mother, general manager to a vineyard), I’m also an author. This year brought highlights that may not seem positive, but at the end of the day, I think things are looking up for me as an author. 2024 Author…
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Agent Highlights: 2024
I’ve had a wonderful full year of agenting. Me and two authors went out on sub in January of 2024. We saw many highs (Mad it to acquisitions! Positive feedback! Confirmation of receipt!!!). We also received passes from promising editors, at acquisitions, and ultimately met the end of the road with some manuscripts (for now).…
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November 2024 Reads
I think November may have brought to me two of my favorite reads of 2024! While I have read so many amazing books, two stuck out and hit me hard in my core. First, LIKE MOTHER, LIKE MOTHER, by Susan Rieger was astounding. There were SO MANY pause pebbles (as CeCe Lyra calls them). And…
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October 2024 Reads
Did October feel like the LONGEST month to anyone else? Just me? Maybe that is a good thing because I was able to get quite a bit of reading done (thank you audio books!) This month I tried to focus on reading potential comp titles for my WIP I’m hoping to query in the coming…
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Erasing Guilt for Taking Care of Myself
This specifically was prompted by a few different things. First, I saw an agent leave the industry well before their career had a chance to take off. And it was because of burnout. I commend them for looking out for themselves and doing what they needed to do. I think we can all take away…
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