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Mar 23, 2023

How I got an agent and my book published by a Big Five Publisher

It sounds cliche to say but I’ve wanted to write books since I was a kid. I would sit out in our yard and scribble in my locked diary about…

How I got an agent and my book published by a Big Five Publisher

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Mar 22, 2023

How To Write A Query Letter That Will Get You A Literary Agent

Querying is time-consuming, soul-sucking, and painfully discouraging at times. We all know it. And we still willingly put ourselves out…

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Mar 21, 2023

A comprehensive list of literary agencies you can query

One of the single most time-consuming parts of querying literary agents is working your way through all of the different agencies. I’ve…

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Apr 6, 2023

Important Things I Learned Editing My Manuscript With My Agent

When you get a literary agent, one of the very first things you’ll discuss is the editorial vision for your book. It varies from agent to…

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Apr 6, 2023

How to Publish Stories More Frequently on Medium

Since I started writing on Medium, I’ve averaged publishing 1–2 stories a day. Admittedly, there are people on here doing way more but I…

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Mar 30, 2023

Free to Enter Writing Contests Open in April 2023

As a full-time writer, I’m always on the lookout for writing contests and submissions with no entry fee. Twenty dollars might not seem like…

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Mar 28, 2023

The Best Free Generators for When Your Inspiration Runs Dry

I won’t lie — I’ve spent a lot of nights rewatching The Office and lazily perusing random story idea generators just to see if anything…

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Mar 27, 2023

Questions to Ask a Literary Agent on “The Call”

You’ve taken the jump to query your book, and you finally get the dream response—an agent loves it. They want to set up “The Call”, which…

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Mar 27, 2023

How to Conquer Creative Burnout

Creative burnout can look like a lot of different things — exhausted all hours of the day, unable to keep your productivity up, struggling…

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Mar 25, 2023

Free Writing Tools You Should be Using

When I first started my publishing journey and tried to make a living as a freelance writer, I didn’t have much money to invest in tools or…

Free Writing Tools You Should be Using

Tessa Taylor

Tessa Taylor

Published author. Daydreamer. Free spirit. Hopeless romantic. Trying my best. she/her. https://yourwritingjourney.wordpress.com/

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