Pitch Your Novel
Karin Gillespie, Lauren Khan, Devon Halliday, Caroline Madden, Meredith SchorrUp-to-date publishing advice to help authors thrive and succeed
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🥨Want to Know What’s Coming in Fiction? Watch Frankfurt 🍺
A Note From Karin:
The second Monday of every month is Pitch Tank. Below is an interview with guest agent Tali Shammas. Also in this issue is a report of the trends seen at the Frankfurt Book Fair where international rights are brokered, a...
What September Book Deals Reveal About the Fiction Market
Imagine this premise: When her mother’s inn goes into foreclosure, a woman returns home to face fraught sibling relationships.
Imagine this premise: When a family-owned inn goes into foreclosure, a woman returns home to face fraught siblin...
💸What Kind Of Novels Earn Six and Seven-Figure Advances?💰
And How Many Earn Their Keep?
Every book advance, I’ve ever gotten has been “nice,” which in publishing parlance means I was paid less than $49,000. However, after my third novel was published, I was asked to co-write a novel for a non-fic...
💥My Last Word On Queries 💥 (And Best Advice)
I’ve written about queries a few times, but I lack a one-stop piece with all my best advice. So this it it. The whole tamale. If things change or I get a new insight, I’ll update it.
I’ve been critiquing queries and studying current quer...
The Biggest Mistake Writers Make in a Tough Market? Playing It Safe.
It’s Pitch Tank day and we have a very special guest, literary agent Lauren Khan, who will weigh in on your pitch this week. You’ll find my interview with her and instructions later on in this post.
TOP STORY: Author Amy Talley will discus...
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Karin Gillespie is the author of nine novels (Simon and Schuster, Henry Press and self-published) and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Converse College.
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Writer and former publishing professional, offering hard truths and hot takes about the writing business.
Caroline Madden is the author of The Marriage Vendetta (HarperCollins/Bonnier 2025) and The Village (out April 2027). She is represented by Katie Shea Boutillier and Rachel Saylor of the Donald Maass Literary Agency, and CAA for tv/film.
USA Today bestselling Romance author navigating her way through the ups and downs of traditional publishing. Most recent release: RoomMating, a cozy roommates to lovers love letter to books and reading, Manhattan, and multi-generational friendships
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