September
Hi!
Thank you for being here and reading along. When I started writing, I assumed the first words people read of mine would be on a paperback. Little did I know, authors enter the world long before their names are on the shelves.
We start on your Instagram feeds, in your inboxes, handing business cards out at a conference. Because telling people who we are and what we write is just the first step in the publishing journey.
This newsletter will provide monthly writing updates. It will include an excerpt on something I’m passionate about, and a mini review of a book I’m reading.
Whether you’re my mom who has read everything I’ve ever written, or a new friend I met at the airport, I’m glad you’re here.
Novel Updates.
If you saw my post on Instagram and had no idea I wrote a book, surprise!
My current novel follows a scrappy teen struggling with an addiction to his mother’s pills. He tries to cope with his older brother’s death while trying to keep their family afloat. As a pre-published author, speaking with agents and editors (the people who get a book on the shelf) gave me insight on how a few structural changes can transform a “good read” into a marketable best seller.
That, and cutting 100 pages…
Most debut novels in the Young Adult Genre are 250-300 pages long. Which means I will be hitting backspace quite a few times this month.
A Book I’m loving.
End of August, by Paige Dinneny was recommended to me by an agent I met at a recent conference. It’s a coming of age novel tying together the lives of a daughter, a nomadic mother, and an alcoholic grandmother.
It’s a story about the complexities love and loss, importance of family, and resilience.
Thanks for reading along,
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