by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week when I was at the ACFW conference, one of the agents shared that they received about 10,000 “cold queries” last year (meaning query letters from writers they’d previous had zero contact with). And of the 10,000, zero became their...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
But it’s a real problem:ItI see “it” all the time in manuscripts, including my own, but I never realized how big of an “it” problem I had until I started working with my publishing house to edit The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt manuscripts...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I returned home from ACFW feeling completely zonked. A combination of little sleep, tons of information, and a tremendous amount of socializing. (Especially for me, since I tend to be waaaaay quiet.) I met my agent in person for the first time.Sandra and Me.Not only...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
We’re mixing things up a bit this round. Traditionally with the writing prompt contests on Go Teen Writers, I supply you with the first sentence, and you write the next 100 words. It was suggested to me that one time we try it where the prompt sentence was...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
In just a couple hours, I’ll load up the car, pick up a couple writer buddies, and take off for the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis. I’ll be reading all your lovely comments, but likely won’t be able to respond to many due...
