The query letter that got me a 40% request rate
(and my fabulous agent!!)
Creative Coordinates
a newsletter about cultivating creativity, finding inspiration on and off the page, and navigating the publishing industry, written by a thriller author & former in-house editor
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Why I'm still writing...
Or: how to keep your secret dream alive
So you want to write that book...
And/or: So you've written the book, now what?
You look tense 👀 but not tense enough
Embedding tension into a book pitch
Uncovering the cover art process
(From an author's POV, and an in-house perspective)
Tempted by the dark
(notes from a novelist on creative routines)