A Cycle of Reflection
Writing an entire epic fantasy saga, start to finish, and not in one-book increments, while working a day job is…maybe a bit harder than I expected. Actually, it’s a lot harder than I expected. Being a perfectionist doesn’t help. Does that math work? Could Tobias and Lothor have met...
And then another query
Responses from the first round of query letters wasn’t soul-crushing. I had braced for the worst. I expected to shed a few tears and spend more evenings than anyone would consider healthy wallowing in wine and self-doubt. Didn’t happen. In fact, those agents who did reply were kind, encouraging,...
Pick a Shelf: Adult Fiction or YA?
I was asked today whether the Rootstock saga was written for the Young Adult (YA) audience. Reading a dozen articles from a dozen different perspectives this evening left me with few pearls of wisdom or hard and fast rules on what constitutes YA, or (please spare me) New Adult....