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Mentoring for Author Mentor Match!
Update! I’m mentoring for a third time in 2020 (and, technically, the first time in 2021), for the highly regarded Author Mentor Match program!
Update! I’m mentoring for a third time in 2020 (and, technically, the first time in 2021), for the highly regarded Author Mentor Match program!
Welcome back to my blog, friends! As a former Pitch Wars mentee and now mentor, I’ve got a couple bits of advice I hope to impart for this year (and future year!) hopefuls. Two of these tips revolve around the submission process and the last centers on after the submission Read more…
Hello, Pitch Wars hopefuls! Come, grab a warm cup of tea, and gather around. We’re so glad you found your way to our wishlist for the Middle Grade age category. To start off, what even is Pitch Wars? Well, it is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry Read more…
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be a 2020 PitchWars mentor! Like the WriteMentor program I mentored for this summer, PitchWars is a mentorship opportunity for up and coming writers, and probably the highest-regarded such opportunity of its kind. That’s why I’m thrilled that I was chosen to mentor this Read more…
I’m officially going to be mentoring for WriteMentor, a UK-based writing competition! I’ll be working co-mentor Sabrina Prestes (who happened to be my mentor when I was selected to participate as a mentee in 2019). Together, we’ll select one manuscript in the Young Adult science fiction, fantasy, or thriller genres Read more…
Recently, I signed with a literary agent for my middle grade novel. It’s been nearly four years of daily writing, and several manuscripts, but I’ve finally accomplished a major long-term goal! My agent is Jennifer Azantian, of Azantian Literary. She and I clicked from the very first message, and she Read more…