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Attention #amquerying writers! • This Monday I’m going live with a new query series. Just like the feature on my blog, I’ll be sharing successful queries and talking about why the content may have caught an agent’s eye. • I’m starting this series because I’ve been in the trenches twice now and know how difficult it can be. • So join me this upcoming Monday, April 6 at 11 am PST as I share the first query & talk about the process. At the end, I will open the session up for questions you may have about the query process. Hope to see you there! • • • #queryletter #amquerying #aspiringwriterslife #publishingtip #writetip #writersofinstagram #querytip #queryletters #writingcommunity #writershelpingwriters #igauthorlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cpataASqE/?igshid=s9u0457jp1w6

A lot of us dream about being published authors, but are our dreams accurate? Jody Hedlund (who has a fantastic blog, by the way) offers a glimpse into her personal and professional life.

– The Novel Doctor (if you're looking for an editor, go with Stephen)

Having a real publisher ask you those questions is pretty intense. I don't know if I have the answers for them yet, but now I'll be thinking about them.

James Dashner gives some good beginning advice about the journey to getting published. Hopefully some day I'll get to put these tips into practice.

Cover designer Chad W. Beckerman walks through the process of designing the cover for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes.

Make me believe your story is real.

I admit. I’ve passed over books based on the cover. The writing techniques may have been perfect and story may have been superb, but because the cover looked cheesy or amateur or boring or whatever, I didn’t give the book a chance. Of course, if the book has a lot of buzz and great reviews, I’m more likely to overlook a dull or poorly done cover. But for new, untried authors the cover-bar is high. Whether traditionally or self-published, there are already a lot of reasons people will say no to a new author’s book. Don’t let the cover be one of them.