In the past three years of querying agents for my novel, Outta Here!, I've gone from running on pure high hopes and confidence, to almost hitting the game-ending "I quit writing forever" button. After working on my pages for four years…
Author: Christine Fadden
writer, editor, ghostwriter, manuscript coach
A Long Loss Post
In the past six months, I have lost one aunt and one uncle. My aunt’s death was sudden and unexpected, and my uncle’s—let’s just say he plowed for decades through almost every illness, curse, and disease under the sun, until…
On the Other Side of the Interview Table
Last month, the fine folks at the museum of americana published an excerpt of the novel I am currently shopping around. This month, they asked me a few questions. I got to talk softball, girl power, and the Eighties! What's not…
Worry/Way Through
"I worry when I feel good and giddy about what I’ve written that I’m delusional." How much longer would this great piece by Susannah Felts, "Here Are the Things You Should Worry About While Writing a Novel," become, if passed around…