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May 23, 2024
Picture Book Author Jocelyn Rish and the Simon Cowell of Publishing
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Picture Book Author Jocelyn Rish joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Jocelyn Rish is a writer and filmmaker who loves researching weird and wonderful animals and sharing what she learns. Her first book was Battle of the Butts, about ten animals that do weird things with their butts. Her next book moved to the other end with Battle of the Brains, about ten animals with mind-blowing brain abilities. She lives in South Carolina with her adorable dog.
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April 25, 2024
Young Adult Author Kristi McManus and Learning Patience
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Young Adult Author Kristi McManus joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Kristi McManus is a Registered Nurse by trade, but avid reader and enthusiastic book lover all her life. Her debut novel, Our Vengeful Souls, was released Summer 2023 by CamCat Books. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys photography, art, and considers napping to be a form of cardio. She lives in Toronto with her husband.
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April 11, 2024
Picture Book Author Anna Lazowski and an Aggressively Vicious Business
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Picture Book Author Anna Lazowski joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a class assignment in the sixth grade and has been creating stories ever since. Now an award-winning radio producer, Anna has an MA (Journalism) from the University of Western Ontario and a BFA (Hons.) from the University of Manitoba. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband, two teenagers, and two dogs.
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March 28, 2024
YA Author Jennifer Chen and Trying to Go Too Fast
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.YA Author Jennifer Chen joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Jennifer Chen is a freelance journalist who has written for Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Today. Her debut YA rom-com book, Artifacts of an Ex, is out now.
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March 14, 2024
YA Author Allison L. Bitz and the Character as Client
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
YA Author Allison L. Bitz joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Allison L. Bitz hails from Lincoln, NE, where she lives with her spouse, two kids, and various rescue pets. When she’s not writing a novel or a song, Dr. Bitz is helping clients in her private counseling practice, planning some form of political action, or trying to track down a pastry to enjoy with her coffee. If you can’t find her at a party, check the floor—she’s probably hanging with the dogs.
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February 22, 2024
Picture Book Author Janelle Harper and the Vague Abyss of Publishing
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Picture Book Author Janelle Harper joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Janelle Harper is a Bronx native who enjoys storytelling through dance and ballpoint pens. She finds inspiration for children’s stories in city living and the diverse experiences of the African Diaspora. Janelle is passionate about creating stories that reflect the faces she sees in her classroom and neighborhood.
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February 8, 2024
Horror Author Nora Fussner and It Taking as Long as It Takes
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.Horror Author Nora Fussner joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Nora Fussner has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from CUNY Brooklyn College. Her debut novel, The Invisible World, was published by Vintage in September 2023. Other work has appeared in Longleaf Review, Brooklyn Review, and Electric Literature. She lives in Pittsburgh.
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January 26, 2024
MG Author Kate Fussner and Sculpting Poems One Page at a Time
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
MG Author Kate Fussner joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Kate Fussner is a novelist, teacher, and accidental poet living in Massachusetts with her wife and dramatic dog. When not reading or writing, Kate can be found baking, spending time with her family, or singing her favorite musicals. Kate believes in the power of a good laugh and a good cry, and hopes her stories will provide readers with both. Her debut novel, The Song of Us, was published with HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books in May 2023.
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January 11, 2024
Fantasy Author Rose Black and Slamming Into a Brick Wall
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Fantasy Author Rose Black joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.
Rose Black is a combination of anxiety and dyslexia in a hoodie, bi, a professional computer wrangler, and mother to the world’s wiggliest child. She’s lucky enough to live in the historic city of Bath and is capable of eating her weight in sushi.
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June 23, 2023
Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang and Pajamas in the Recording Studio
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss recording her own audiobook, having an editor who gets your vision, Pitch Wars, writing books that you don’t want, the joy in writing a perfect sentence, querying too early, the two sentence critique that led to a rewrite, and getting sidetracked by the wrong feedback.
Angel Di Zhang was born in northeast China, and raised in China, England, Canada and the United States. She was educated in the joint BA-MIA program at Columbia University, and is a painter and an internationally exhibited fine art photographer.
Angel lives in a secret garden near Toronto.
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