Musings of a Sparrow….
Redemptive Realism is storytelling that honors truth, wrestles with pain, and reveals grace. Through her writing, Pauline J. Grabia explores faith, memory, and mercy, reminding readers that brokenness can become beauty in God’s hands.
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Three Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Queried Literary Agents
It’s been quite the learning curve for me since I decided to take my writing to a higher level in April 2023 and began querying literary agents for the first manuscript of my Ashes trilogy. I did no research and very little casual reading about what was required to query an agent properly, so I made many mistakes—more than three. But in today’s post, I will present the three most important things I wish I’d known before sending query letters to agents in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom….
5 Steps to Building an Author’s Platform—My Journey So Far.
Any writer who wants to market and sell their books (or even be looked at by most literary agents) must build and maintain a solid author platform….
My Publishing Journey… Thus Far
As mentioned in previous blog posts, I began writing at a young age. By fourteen, I regularly wrote fanfiction novels about my favorite show, Star Trek: The Original Series. Later, I wrote fanfiction about Star Trek: The Next Generation and, in adulthood, about House M.D. I did write the odd original fiction short story or novella. None of these did I share with my family and friends (though the House M.D. fanfiction was shared on fanfiction websites). It wasn’t until my husband and I moved to the United Arab Emirates for his career that I had more alone time than I knew what to do with. Then, I decided I would pass the long hours writing an original novel that I would eventually try to have traditionally published….