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The Query That Landed My Dream Agent

Posted on August 20, 2019 by

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In the world of querying, I really lucked out. I’d followed Naomi Davis from BookEnds for over a year on Twitter. With everything I learned about her, I just knew she was my dream agent. When it came time to query in February, I… Continue Reading “The Query That Landed My Dream Agent”

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Unsurprisingly, @sassenachspirits pairs well with Book IX. Murtagh agrees.
My first batch of pistachio coconut milk turned out even better than I'd imagined. Don't think I'll be buying nut milk at the grocery store anymore. This morning, chilly that it was, I heated a cup and added a tsp of cocao powder and a splash of bourbon barrel maple syrup for nutty hot chocolate. Recipe below! ⁣⁣⁣⁣
Sitting pretty after lying sickly the past week. *Bends the knee for all those in healthcare, especially nurses 🙏
Finally tallied my finds from the lovely used book sale hosted by @pmlfbg in October. Got 40 books for $21. Most notable are in the middle. Someone was saying goodbye to their Anne Rice collection—1st editions!!!—and I just couldn't leave them. With her recent passing, perhaps fate intervened. 😭
Sending this, well, the digital version to @agentnaomidavis tomorrow, and I can't wait to hear their thoughts! SPLIT HIVE came to me over a year ago while working on an IP project that didn't pan out and broke my heart. But the possibility of SH's birth, along with my Celtic novel edits, good whisky and even better friends (including a literary agent of divine origin), and a new journey bagpiping pulled me out of my blubbering self-pity, and now here it is, draft III!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
I was going to take a pretty, flowery picture to go with my aesthetic, but Ghost (who's pretty flowery once you get to know him), his expression is spot on with how I look every time I pick up a book by Melissa Caruso, and she hits me with one of her zinger plot twists. THE QUICKSILVER COURT, the second book of the ROOKS AND RUIN trilogy, was certainly no exception. In fact, there's a twist in this lovely that had me reeling and then kicking myself for not figuring it out sooner.⁣⁣
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