My 2025 started off by getting dropped out of an airplane into a marathon race that’s now escalated into a high-octane car chase. In other words, I started a new company while simultaneously taking on new copywriting & design gigs while also continuing to trade stock options and, oh, write novels while All Is Well…
A tourbillion of successes and failures. Excuse me for a moment as I stumble out of 2024, wobbly and checking myself over for scratches and bruises. Whew, wow, okay. While I can’t spill the beans on everything that made up this tumbler-shaker of a year, I can give you the highlight reel of my Wild…
+ the query that led me to my agent Today, I’m bringing you a pastiche of wisdom-learned-the-hard-way, resources-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier, and the query that got the attention of a Big5 editor and that landed me with my agent (I swear, someday I’ll write a HIGMA post about that wild tale). #1 Pitch Your Friends First. Y’all, my…
Apparently, if you pick up a bullhorn and start announcing “I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!” while parading around the neighborhood at 6 am, your fanfare will consist of excited police sirens, joyous cursing, and bouquets of shoes lovingly lobbed in your direction. But in case you missed my thrilling twilit tidings: (deep inhale, lifts bullhorn)…