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Agented/Signed

With that in mind, allow me to break down how all of this happened. If any of you reading find yourself in a similar space I was, hopefully this helps. That's what this site was for, after all.

STATUS – 7.7.2025 – Revise & Resubmit

I'm not officially signed to this agent just yet, but like the great patron saint of the Acosta Family, Michael Keaton, said: "I've gotta go to work."

The Quick Query Fix – OR – How I Learned Something So Obvious I Can’t Believe It Took Me This Long

Because they want to know YOU KNOW your own story.

That Fear of Starting

Project BIANCA is all done.

I Got A Full from a Partial. What’s That Mean?

Yesterday, I shared this post over on my Bluesky (of which I am now Verified so hurray for me being me!): https://bsky.app/profile/fifthdraft.com/post/3lcq57gkhsk2m https://bsky.app/profile/fifthdraft.com/post/3lcq57nc74s2m Which is exciting, but I realized a lot of people in my close circle may not understand... Continue Reading →

That One Rejection

But see, that's just it. It doesn't take much. It won't take much. It didn't take much.

Hey, Querying Writers, has THIS ever happened to you?

You’ve got your manuscript (let’s say it’s a MG book about a Hispanic girl transported to a magical land where she comes to grips with her family’s dark history and there just so happens to be a talking dog as... Continue Reading →

STATUS – 11.15.2022 –

I wonder if people know the Block/Mute buttons exist, so they can Block and/or Mute the accounts bugging them the most...?

The Query Lull

Because if you're not swimming, you're dead.

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