Top Ten AAA Posts
an end-of-year roundup just for you!
News!
My debut novel Greenwich will be out in July! Adrienne Brodeur called it “A stunning debut…Fast-paced, beautifully written, vividly peopled… impossible to put down.” Preorder wherever you like to get your books!
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Hello, friends! In this end of year, in-between time in which everyone is making lists, here is a list of the top 10 most popular post from the Ask an Author archive, with 5 on querying and 5 on craft.
Thanks for being part of this community, and for sharing your questions with me! I really love getting to think through writing and publishing with you all, and playing what I hope is some small role in making this often confusing and overwhelming process somewhat less opaque. A special thanks to the paid subscribers who keep the lights on, and whose generosity keeps AAA free and accessible for everyone.
On Querying and Submissions:
"How do I find comps?!"
Dear Kate,
Hello, for books to relate or compare my book to when pitching an agent - how do I find them!?...
From the Archives: The Synopsis
So here it is. THE GREAT SYNOPSIS SUBSTACK. Or, how to summarize your entire novel without losing your mind.
What agents ask for, incl. sample pages and prologues
Dear Kate,
I’ve started querying and I see agents asking for the first 10 pages, the first 3 chapters, the first XX words, and they don’t want any attachments...
How does querying actually work?
Dear Kate,
Thanks for the post you did about query letters. I have maybe a stupid question...
On Craft and Writing
Showing vs. Telling
Dear Kate,
I posted an excerpt from my WIP to a group I’m in and got a lot of feedback (criticism) saying that I need to show more instead of tell...
How to Revise
Dear Kate,
How do you approach revisions when you’ve gotten a lot of feedback from multiple sources?...
Why do I procrastinate?
Dear Kate,
I wanted to ask why you think people (me) procrastinate, and what people (again. . .me) can do about it...
How I Outline
Dear Kate,
I’ve always been a pantser, but if I’m being dead honest, I also always get to this point in my manuscripts where I’ve got so many things to clean up...
Send me your questions, and I’ll be back in January for more!
Keep writing,
Kate