Book marketing consultations and query critiques
As a published writer and former public relations director, I share my perspectives on how to shape your book marketing strategy. I offer one-hour Zoom consults that help writers strategize effective approaches to their author platform and book marketing plans.
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I've written for dozens of markets and published my successful query letters in a book. Authors use query letters (also known as pitch letters) to help them secure a literary agent. Journalists use query letters to pitch articles to magazine, newspaper, and other media editors. The unique craft of query letters takes time to hone. I enjoy working with writers as they craft their query letters, whether for book agenting or journalism.
I prepare written query letter feedback and recommendations in advance of our call. We'll meet via Zoom and discuss your letter and your pitch strategy. |
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Rose Window short story collection coming Spring 2025
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ROSE WINDOW is a 50,000-word novel-in-stories about three generations of the Grant family and their efforts to conceal family secrets. Set in pre-war Hastings-on-Hudson, post-war Brooklyn and Manhattan, and contemporary Long Island, the stories explore family secrets that can and cannot stay hidden as history repeats itself in haunting ways. As an episodic collection of stories, each one is told from the perspective of a different family member. From a mother sent off to a mental asylum, to her adult son later trapped in an attic by his wife and children, this collection shows the power of secrets and the lengths we will go to keep them hidden. Read more about my forthcoming short story collection.
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Guidebook for freelance journalists
Magazine Queries That Worked: Build Income and Authority With Freelance Journalism is a collection of my successful magazine pitches that earned paid published bylines. This includes articles in Draft, GRIT, Dog Fancy, Blue Ridge Country, Chesapeake Family, and more. In addition to the pitch letters, I explain the stories behind every article. Readers will learn how I got the ideas for articles, what I was paid, and how I found sources. Additional sections help writers learn how to streamline interviews, special contract terms to avoid, understand concerns about media liability, and more.
More published books
The first guidebook to the Bonnaroo Music Festival.
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Poems written during my first week-long visit to Paris.
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Poetry all about escaping home, relationships, and the past.
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A found poetry collection that connects real missed connections posts from Craigslist.
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Unpublished works
ARCHITECTURE OF BEES | Nature-inspired verse and essays.
Divided by the solstices and inspired by honey bees, this collection of verse captures my beekeeping seasonal perspectives and earth-conscious life in haiku, haibun, and flash essays.
UNTITLED | Cookbook featuring honey, poetry, and homegrown products.
My go-to recipes making the most of everything I grow and raise.
GUIDEBOOK FOR RAISING QUAIL | From hatching eggs to harvest.
Learn different ways of raising quail, incorporating them into regenerative practices, and the benefits of this sustainable, low-effort livestock for hobby farms or homesteads.
Divided by the solstices and inspired by honey bees, this collection of verse captures my beekeeping seasonal perspectives and earth-conscious life in haiku, haibun, and flash essays.
UNTITLED | Cookbook featuring honey, poetry, and homegrown products.
My go-to recipes making the most of everything I grow and raise.
GUIDEBOOK FOR RAISING QUAIL | From hatching eggs to harvest.
Learn different ways of raising quail, incorporating them into regenerative practices, and the benefits of this sustainable, low-effort livestock for hobby farms or homesteads.