Writing Advice

Celebrating 2 Years of The Happy Writer Podcast!

It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over 2 years since The Happy Writer Podcast debuted on March 22, 2020 with inaugural guest, Jessica Brody. Since then, I’ve chatted with so many guests, including authors-from debut to well-experienced, multi-published and award-winning, my agent, Jill Grinberg, editor Liz Szabla, and […]

More Events and NaNo Sprints

Despite launch week being behind us, there are still a few more events going on to celebrate the GILDED release and where you can join me and special guests for some NaNoWriMo writing sprints. November 11, 5pm PST/8:00pm ET – Join me on IG Live with Marie Lu:   November […]

My CINDER Query Letter

As promised, here is my original query letter for CINDER along with inline comments from my agent–Jill Grinberg.  Hint: click on the image to view the enlarged pdf. If you haven’t already, listen to our special bonus episode of The Happy Writer Podcast. Make sure you follow The Happy Writer […]