Imagine tension like holding a reader’s feet under water; you don’t want to pull them down until they drown. You have to let them come up for air.
Lauren Magaziner
Quotes
All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily.
Philip Pullman
All writing is difficult
The less attention I pay to what people want & the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.
Lawrence Block
The less attention I pay
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
Vera Nazarian
Whenever you read a good
Your pitch paragraph is probably the most important part of your query. Hone it. Read back cover copy and make yours sound like that.
Ashlyn Macnamara