Lisa DeSelm

Back to querying!

I’m back at it again! My most recent book has been polished and sent off to queryland, where I dearly hope it will find it’s way into just the right agent’s lap, gift-wrapped and delicious. I have visions of my queries being carried off via raven, or even pidgeon, every time I hit the red […]

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Whelp…

They numbers are in, and I just received a rejection from the last agent I was waiting to hear back from on my full manuscript. Bummer. Overall, I think that the numbers say I’m getting good at writing queries (about 10 out of 24 agents responded wanting a partial or a full), and roughly half

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So when I’m not writing…

I’ve been busy doing fun summery things like eating corn dogs, taking my girls to garage sales and downing freeze pops. I’ve also been working on a few little gifties for my nephews and future niece! Check out these cute little babies. Tomorrow, I have a child-free day, and am planning to spend a big chunk

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Ready, set, query bombs away!

Well, I have all my query letters sitting in draft mode in my inbox. I have gone over my manuscript obsessively, spent the last 3 months letting the first draft simultaneously sit and then working on it like a fiend. It’s gone through multiple revisions, had some really helpful feedback and rewrites put into it, many thanks to

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