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I understand the frustration of waiting to hear back from agents, not only with queries but especially with fulls. I was there once. And as an agent, I’m there with waiting to hear back from editors. The tick to constantly check your email is hard to stop! I can’t provide you any insight to a editor…
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My writing goals for 2024 consist of generally writing. Not sure how much to share, but I am on sub (yay?). We know that it is hard being on sub and I’ll be honest, stress like this can send me spiraling, espcially in a situation like querying or sub where there is little control. What…
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I am that person. The one with the goals. Because for me, working towards something motivates me. I hate adding to the myriad of New Year, New Me posts. But I also think goals help me feel focused for the year, and competitive with myself to complete them. Especially when they’re centered around my career.…
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December was full of family time and agenting work. It was a great month, for everything but my TBR. Thankfully, for a few days between Christmas and New Years I was able to stay up VERY late and finish a few books. Here are my December 2023 reads: What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez…
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2023 was a wonderful reading year. Not only that, but it was a great year of adding to my TBR. I wanted to provide stats of what I read, what my goals were and then, of course, my favorites from 2023. You will also see my favorites listed on my Hard Truths newsletter out on…
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This year was a doozy. There were SO many amazing things that happened for my writing. The first and most notable is that I signed with my agent, Megan Frayser at CMA. After signing with Megan, we underwent THREE major revision to my MS for DANIELLE’S NINE DATES FROM HELL. While the bones are still…
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First off, I’d like to set out a formal complaint of my Kindle linked to Goodreads. It will mark that I read a book, when I have only downloaded it to my kindle or perhaps opened the first page. It really messes with my reading goal for the year because once a book is marked…
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I’m hoping this metaphor will resonate with you as it did as I thought about it while listening to the 11/9 TSNOTYAW podcast and probably stuck in my head because my kids are watching the new Netflix Dinosaur show. While I am no scientist (so this may not be the *perfect* metaphor), as I thought…
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This post brought to you by another day, another babysitter ghosting me. I feel like no matter where I look someone is mentioning how they’re burnt out in some capacity. How many articles have you read about burnout? A ton? A shit ton? The metric does not exist? Well, guess what? I got another one…
Christine Kelly Reads and Writes 