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Book Broker—an interview with Imogen Pelham
June 01, 2022
I’m always drawn in by the known unknowns—when I can tell something’s off, but I don’t know what it is yet, or there’s a detail which doesn’t make sense and I need to keep reading to find out what it is.
- Agent interviews
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The First Page Challenge is back!
May 29, 2022

Our judge, Michelle Barker, will be asking herself one question: how likely am I to turn this page and keep reading?
- Contest updates
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Story Skeleton—Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
May 29, 2022
What Oates controls so beautifully in this story is the quality and intensity of escalation.
- Story Skeleton
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Book Broker—an interview with Victoria Skurnick
May 21, 2022
I’m old-fashioned enough to be put off by terrible grammar and sloppy technique.
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Book Broker—an interview with Sandra Sawicka
May 19, 2022
It really is 99% about the writing.
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5 Strategies for Finding Literary Agents to Query
May 16, 2022
Querying literary agents can feel grueling, especially after spending so much time writing your manuscript in the first place, but the payoff of seeing your book published is well worth the effort.
- On querying
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Equipoise award nomination 🤩
May 09, 2022
Congrats to Darling Axe editor Katie Zdybel!
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Resource Review: George Saunders' Story Club Substack
May 06, 2022
Comments are supportive and personable and warm; it truly does feel as though we’re all in a giant MFA cohort together, and remarkably, I often fall into thinking Saunders is speaking directly to me.
- On the craft
- Resource review
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Five Things to Do in Preparation for Working with an Editor
April 26, 2022
Getting your book professionally edited is crucial if you want to be able to compete with other titles in the market, but it can also be daunting when you’re doing it for the first time.
- On the craft
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Story Skeleton—Stargirl
April 11, 2022
We don’t particularly need subplots or B-stories or great complexity because the character of Stargirl herself is so compelling, so glowingly fresh and well-drawn, we are charmed into turning each page.
- Story Skeleton
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Book Broker – an interview with Lindsay Guzzardo
March 24, 2022
Given how competitive every step is in the journey to publication, it’s imperative to be up-to-speed and knowledgeable about, at the very least, publishing 101.
- Agent interviews
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Making the Agents Cry: Unwrapping Our Writer Delusions
March 21, 2022
Revision is not a small puddle that you leap over in a couple of months of work. It’s more like the Atlantic Ocean. Pack your steamer trunk and a bunch of snacks because you’re going to need them.
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