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Amy HagstromWelcome! As a former travel writer turned novelist, you can expect my insights into the writing and publishing process, a peek into my homesteading life in rural Western Massachusetts, and plenty of what inspires me in the day-to-day.
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Well, I’m officially on submission with novel #4
For those of you not in the publishing and writing world, what this means is, my literary agent and I agree that after 11 drafts (and that’s a real number), this novel is ready to be shopped to editors at publishing houses. My agent has her...
To be a good writer, you must be a reader
I believe this deeply, and I don’t know a single writer who disagrees. I’m in-between drafts of my WIP right now, awaiting agent notes, so I’ve been consuming books like crazy.
In the past three weeks or so, I’ve devoured KIN by Tayari Jon...
I’ve become a crazy murder board lady
Nine drafts into my fourth novel, this is what I’ve come to:
Cutting and printing chapter synopsises (synopsi?) and spreading them out on the floor, trying to decide upon the perfect order for the reader to experience this multi-timeline,...
When 'good' isn't good enough
I used to call my debut novel, The Wild Between Us, ‘The Novel that Won’t Die’ because I simply refused to let it. The process of getting it from first draft to published took over ten years, and yes, I took breaks, and I shoved it in a dra...
60+ book giveaway! Today only!
I’m still in the midst of major revisions, but I’m poking my head out of my hidey-hole to let you all know about a sapphic book giveaway happening today, July 15th. Find out more here.
I’m giving away a paperback copy of Now That I Know Yo...
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I'm a travel writer turned upmarket fiction writer. A lifelong CA & PNW native, I moved to Central Mexico, then to Western Massachusetts, where I now work, write, and try my hand at wanna-be homesteading.
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