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From the Archives: *The Query Letter* (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Kate, author of Greenwich and the forthcoming Vanishing Points. Greenwich was named one of People’s Best New Books, a Vanity Fair Summer Read, an Amazon Editors’ Pick, a BookBub Best New Fiction pick, and more.Ask an Author is a free advice column about writing, publishing, and the
How I See What’s Wrong with My Novels (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Kate, author of Greenwich and the forthcoming Vanishing Points. Greenwich was named one of People’s Best New Books, a Vanity Fair Summer Read, an Amazon Editors’ Pick, a BookBub Best New Fiction pick, and more.Ask an Author is a free advice column about writing, publishing, and the
Why I waited over a year to announce my second novel (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Kate, author of Greenwich and the forthcoming Vanishing Points. Greenwich was named one of People’s Best New Books, a Vanity Fair Summer Read, an Amazon Editors’ Pick, a BookBub
Do Book Deals Come With Critique Partners? (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Kate, author of the debut novel Greenwich, which was named one of People’s Best New Books, a Vanity Fair Summer Read, an Amazon Editors’ Pick, a BookBub Best New Fiction pick, and more. Ask an Author is a free advice column about writing, publishing, and the realities of being an author. I answer readers’ ques
When to put a novel aside (opens the original)
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Dear Kate,Hello! I’ve heard that the first book usually doesn’t get published, and after writing mine, that makes a lot of sense to me. This thing is still gonna need a ton of work to be publishable. My question is: how do you know when a book is worth continuing to revise, and when you’re better off putting your time and energy into the next one instead?Yes this is about [Title]. 😂 I keep committing to revising it, because I think it would be a useful experience, but my disabilities are continu
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