Friendsgiving Feedback, Critique 1: SILVER BLADE

[1] discovers she’s cursed with heart magic,[2] the kind that allows her to give the dead another chance.[3] Now an orphan, Ylana arms herself with her father’s sharp[4] silver daggers and embraces what she knows about her powers in a desperate attempt to bring her parents back.[5] She has to find their killers, rip theirs hearts from their chests[6] and use the […]

Query Kombat Critique Winners!

I am ecstatic to announce that I’ve been asked to join Michael Anthony and Michelle Hauck as the third host of Query Kombat this year! (They didn’t even make me change my name to Mlaura.)  Query Kombat holds a special place in my heart not only because it’s the first contest where I got agent […]

Just Say No to Exclusives

Let’s talk about exclusives. For a person who wants to find an agent, sell a book, have a career, etc. exclusives are BAD. I’m not talking about when an agent says, “Is anyone else reading this?” That’s fairly common and usually fine. But when an agent says, “Send this to me and me alone,” ask […]