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Today, we are so excited to welcome Luna McNamara to our blog to discuss her new myth retelling, Psyche and Eros, along with some tips for how to write your own! Hi! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your recent novel, Psyche and Eros? Hello! I’m Luna McNamara, an author and […]
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We’re so excited to have Sarah N. Fisk from the Tobias Literary Agency on our blog this week to discuss what a literary agent looks for in a submission! This week, Sarah will be judging our First Pages fiction contest as a part of Ready Chapter 1’s launch party. To participate, post the first 500
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Maya Prasad is a South Asian American author, a Caltech graduate, and a former software engineer. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, where she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and raising her budding bookworm kiddo. Her debut novel Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things is a 2023 Children’s Book Council Young Adult and Librarian Favorite. Sejal Sinha
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MJ Pankey is the author of Epic of Helinthia, published earlier this month under her imprint Muse and Quill Press, and several short stories, as well as a freelance editor. We’re so excited to have MJ on our blog today to answer some questions about valuable writing advice and her publishing journey! Hi! Can you
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We’re so excited to welcome author Jason June to the Ready Chapter 1 blog today! JJ writes across a variety of genres, including picture books, chapter books, and YA rom-coms. Today, he’s telling us all about his new book, The Spells We Cast! Hi! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your
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We’re so excited to have YA author Autumn Krause on the Ready Chapter 1 blog today! Autumn is the author of A Dress for the Wicked and Before the Devil Knows You’re Here which comes out tomorrow (10/3)! Hi! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your upcoming novel, Before the Devil
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Happy release day to The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn! Ava is a YA and adult author who resides in Houston with her family. We’re so excited to have Ava on our blog today to talk all things writing! Hi Ava! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your new
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Fantasy author Kalyn Josephson gives her best writing and publishing advice for aspiring authors.
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Many writers are used to drafting manuscripts on their computers nowadays, but there’s something to be said for the feeling of writing with good ‘ol pen and paper (or a pencil, whatever you want. We don’t judge at RC1). Writing in a notebook can make things feel less professional than they do on the word
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Award winning author Han Nolan is joining us here at Ready Chapter 1 today to discuss some of her best novel writing tips and tricks, as well as her new novel, Running Past Dark! Hi! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your new novel, Running Past Dark? Hi. Thanks for asking.
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