So many words…😁

That librarian unintentionally did some excellent marketing

QUERY NOTES
• Email only
• Query letter only (no pages)
• queries@thewhalenagency.com
• 3–4 weeks response (if she's interested in seeing more of your work)

Looking for a romantasy agent currently open to query submissions? Add Kimberly Whalen to your query list.

180+ deals in romance & romantasy.
Also reps YA, paranormal, and debut authors.

You’re welcome!

Ha…unfinished WIPs. A tale every writer knows.

Have you ever finished one manuscript. As in, written THE END? If not, I think it will actually do a lot for you.

I once used to have so many unfinished WIPs. But the moment I forced to finish one book, I was on a roll.

Ooooo a BlueSky Book Club would be something.

Lolll facts!

Congrats on your sales! 🙌🙌

Your friends the right idea. Self care is sooo important for creators.

First of all, fid you just say 300? 😱 That is amazing!

But journals losing work?? That’s unacceptable. I’d be ranting too.

People who manage to do that have either been writing for a while or that’s just their thing.

Are you making each chapter perfect before moving on? This is another reason some folks take longer to finish a chapter than others.

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Useful advice on dealing with AI in publishing from the Authors Guild in the U.S.:

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For my querying authors: Out of curiosity, how are you tracking your query submissions right now?

Word doc? Spreadsheet?

I kept seeing the same thing over and over, so I started building QueryTo to make the whole process smarter (and less painful).

#amquerying

Revision phase = leveling up. Let’s go.

Congrats on finishing the draft. The rest is just refining what already works.

Not a big ask at all. That’s the kind of ecosystem indie authors actually need.

How many agents have you queried this month?

If you don’t know instantly…
You need QueryTo.

#writingcommunity

Stop digging through emails to track your query responses.

Use QueryTo.

Querying? You deserve to see your writing progress.

Join QueryTo.

Plot twist: the new idea wins.

Loll Not the intermission tuna demands! This is now a full production.

Writing the book is easy. Summarizing it? That’s the real villain 😭

ATOTC is one of my all time favorite books. I have read and also listened to it sooo many times.

Facts! Writing is one of the few places you can’t hide from yourself.

Okay but drop the title 👀📚

The only plot that matters: cat enters scene, steals focus, refuses to leave.

And this is how you accidentally become your own wiki 😭

“Wait… did I already name someone this?”
“Was his eye color green or brown??”

Stop guessing your next query move.
Let your data guide you. #writing

That wave of rejections all at once usually means something in the package isn’t landing the way it should.

This does NOT mean that the story isn’t good.

It’s frustrating, but it is fixable.