Tag: RPAA

  • Late-pandemic thoughts: please talk to me about work

    Friends, it’s been a minute. I make no excuses. 2021 is the year I stop pretending this space is anything other than a more professional, less coming-of-age-angst-y incarnation of my early-2000s LiveJournal. Blogs felt so different then. They allowed us to step into the writer’s mind and process life through their lens. Terms like SEO,…

  • #RevPit 2018: reflections from a runner-up

    #RevPit 2018: reflections from a runner-up

    Last week, I participated in #RevPit on Twitter. It’s an annual contest where writers submit their query letter and the first five pages of a completed novel. Winners receive five weeks of one-on-one work with a developmental editor. Competition was fierce, but the community was a delight. Fellow participants were friendly and supportive. The editors…