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On Querying Agents: I’ll Tell You What’s Frustrating

Lyn Hawks · March 4, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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This is dedicated to all my writer pals currently in the querying trenches. I may feel a long ways away from a long querying journey, but I still remember the struggles, and I won't ever forget what it's like dead center of that marathon run to find an agent. (I've found … [Read more...] about On Querying Agents: I’ll Tell You What’s Frustrating

Filed Under: Write Tagged With: agents, literary agent, persistence, query letters, querying

What It’s Like to Be On Sub

Lyn Hawks · August 10, 2019 · 2 Comments

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What's it like to have your manuscript on submission to publishers? How do you make it through the process? This is the third time I've been "on sub." No Small Thing is circulating to a select group of editors, thanks to the pitch work of Tara Gelsomino, my agent. I'm sharing … [Read more...] about What It’s Like to Be On Sub

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agents, author life, authors, editors, on sub, publication, publishers, publishing, submission, writer's journey, writing truths

Six Tips for Chapter One Success

Lyn Hawks · July 6, 2019 · 4 Comments

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How do you make sure people—readers, agents, editors—keep reading Chapter One of your Great American Novel? How do we get them to Chapter Two? After publishing three works of fiction and after writing (and discarding) several novels, I've figured out how to crack the code of … [Read more...] about Six Tips for Chapter One Success

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agents, agents, chapter one, editing, fiction, first chapter, plot, six ways to success, YA

On Querying Agents: What’s a Personalized Rejection?

Lyn Hawks · March 4, 2019 · 5 Comments

How do you know that a rejection is a sign to keep going? The personalized rejection can give you some hope. With 113 rejections in this last round of querying, I've developed some theories about what constitutes an authentic and individualized response versus a template … [Read more...] about On Querying Agents: What’s a Personalized Rejection?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agents, agents, literary agent, query, query letter, query letters, querying, rejection, rejection

Houston, We Have an Agent!

Lyn Hawks · January 31, 2019 · Leave a Comment

I'm so excited to announce that I am now represented by Tara Gelsomino of One Track Literary Agency! What a journey! Sigh of Relief + Dance of Joy doesn't capture the many feelings of landing here after a #neverthelessshepersisted trek in the trenches...and for, yes, the third … [Read more...] about Houston, We Have an Agent!

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Don’t Despair When Your Agent Leaves the Business

Lyn Hawks · August 30, 2018 · 4 Comments

When your agent leaves the business, what do you do? In June I wrote my friend and YA author Gordon Jack when I was in the bluest, most Anne Shirley depths of despair. “My agent is leaving the business,” I said, feeling as if I were delivering the worst and most shameful of … [Read more...] about Don’t Despair When Your Agent Leaves the Business

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agents, literary agent, persistence, persistence, query, querying, the writing life

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