Creative Coordinates
Tara Goedjena newsletter about cultivating creativity, finding inspiration on and off the page, and navigating the publishing industry, written by a thriller author & former in-house editor
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Asking my lit agent the BIG QUESTIONS
Hey friends!
Last month, I shared the query letter that I sent to agents for PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY (my thriller out Oct 13th and available to pre-order now… if you’ve already bought it early, aka “made your reservation,” thank you!).
M...
The query letter that got me a 40% request rate
Hey friends,
How’s your summer heating up? For me, it has been a rush of events and fun book news, like Please Enjoy Your Stay getting a starred review from Library Journal! I was thrilled to receive my first star (and to see the compariso...
Why I'm still writing...
Hi friends,
Today I’d like to share the ONE thing that has kept me writing through the ups and downs in life (aka keeping my secret dream alive).
Rewind to a few years ago. We had just moved into our current house in the rainy Pacific Nor...
So you want to write that book...
Hi friends,
Thank you for finding your way to Creative Coordinates! I’m Tara Goedjen, author of Please Enjoy Your Stay, a thriller set at a castle-turned-hotel, coming out with Atria in October.
On that note, a quick update:
We’re...
You look tense 👀 but not tense enough
Last week I had a blast at a launch event for Lish McBride’s YA thriller, Most Likely to Murder, at Third Place Books in Seattle.1
It was so much fun talking to Lish, Martha Brockenbrough, and all the readers in the room.
(Detouring here...
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Author and mom, traveling the world, in real life and through books. PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY is my thriller out with EBB/Atria in Fall 2026.
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