The verdict is in: knowing how to market yourself as an author is vital, even if you’re gunning for the traditional route. Good news for you, hypothetical marketing genie who also happens to also be a novelist! Bad news for little old me! But I’m trying my best. Lately—actually let’s face it, this has been…
What Has She Even Written??
Here’s a little summary of the novels I’ve written, some of which will never see the light of day. (I’m not bitter — it took a few attempts to get to the level I wanted to be at!) 1) Three Things: A housewife, a hipster, and an introvert each purchase three different enchanted objects in…
The Infamous “How I Got My Agent” Post
As Confucius once said, “If you get an agent but don’t tell anyone how you did it, did you even get an agent at all?” (He also said “don’t believe everything you read on the internet.”) (In case you missed it, I am lying.) But I’m not lying about this: Getting an agent took a…
Big News!
Everyone who knows me personally is already aware of this massive event that happened roughly three weeks ago, which I can’t seem to shut up about: I got an agent!
Inklings of a New Project
After years of anticipation and research, not to mention writing (obbbviously), I’ve finally started to submit my novel to agents! Huzzah! It’s about damn time I got to this stage in the game! I’ve only sent it to five agents so far, and have heard nothing back, but I’ve informed myself enough to know that…
The Road to Submission
After years of focusing on my writing, I’m finally getting ready to submit to agents.
The Good Kind of Pressure
It’s no secret that life at the moment is absolutely insane. This virus has the whole world on edge, hiding in our homes to avoid infection. Some people are coping better than others. As an introvert (mostly—the Myers-Briggs always has me one point away from extroversion), staying home isn’t so bad. I’ve worked to make…
Riding Another Post-Conference High
My second writers’ conference ended two days ago, and yet here I am, still floating around in my shimmering pink cloud. What a phenomenal experience it was! This was the same conference I went to before, the Southern California Writers’ Conference, but this time it was at their San Diego location, which was fun for…
Bullet-points Are For Busy People
As the title states, I’ve been very busy lately, what with work, and the holidays, and many overlapping writing projects. Over Christmas I was alternative between two different submissions: one for SCWC San Diego (I enjoyed the previous conference in Irvine so much that I signed up immediately), and one for FogCon, which I’d honestly…
My Reflections on the Southern California Writers’ Conference
What a whirlwind of a weekend! I think it’s safe to say my first conference was a success… I was so worried about the networking, but there’s one thing I hadn’t been considering: the fact that MOST of us writers are weird introverts, which means 1) we’re all in the same boat, and 2) we…
Pre-Conference Musings and the General Panic of Existence
Hi everyone, remember me? Lara Henerson, fiction writer? Yeah, it’s been a while… You know what’s ironic? I just re-read the first post I ever posted on this blog, and it’s all about how I am terrible at sticking to resolutions, particularly of the blog-writing variety, but that “this time it would be different!” Spoiler…
Total Character Makeover
After much anticipation, I finally received some valuable feedback on my first novel, three things. Of course, the optimistic compartment in my brain was hoping for only a few minor suggestions, so I could finally send my digital baby out into the world. I am so naive. What a rollercoaster. In general, the feedback was…
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