Tag: querying

• The Query Process and When to Accept No for an Answer

  

  I’m pretty excited this morning, as an article I submitted was picked up by Blogging Authors.  It’s all about the query process that writers go through in order to find a literary agent or publishing house.  I hope you’ll take a look and share it! Here’s the article: The Query Process and When to Accept…

  C.H. Armstrong

  December 28, 2015

  Miscellaneous, The Edge of Nowhere

  blogging, blogging authors, books, nanowrimo, querying

• Querying: Choose Your Family!

  

  If you’re thinking about writing and querying a novel, know that you don’t have to do this alone.

  C.H. Armstrong

  September 16, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  agents, authors, books, editors, facebook, Family, friends, querying, social media, twitter, writing

• Rambling Thoughts: My Querying Experience with Agents and Editors

  

  Today y’all will be blessed with my mindless ramblings!  You can thank me later!  Hahah! Writing a novel and then sending part or all of that novel off into the unknown universe that consists of literary agents and publishing houses is terrifying!  I’ve sent my first child off to college, and it wasn’t nearly as…

  C.H. Armstrong

  September 15, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  agents, appreciation, books, karma, publishing, querying, thanky you, twitter

• PitchWars: My Bio for a YA CONTEMP Mentor!

  My mentor needs to love To Kill a Mockingbird, diverse characters, blended families and the real-life issues of teens

  C.H. Armstrong

  August 11, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  authors, bloggin101, books, brenda drake, editing, ptichwars, querying, writing, ya

• Things are Starting to Get Real!

  Self-confidence: I’ve never lacked for it in the past; so the only cure for the present is to wait and see.

  C.H. Armstrong

  August 6, 2015

  The Edge of Nowhere, Writing and Querying

  anxiety, authors, Blogging101, book reviews, books, Dust Bowl, fear, History, oklahoma, publishing, querying, self-confidence, writing

• His Loss

  Rejection sucks! But in the end, I make a point to remember one important fact: It’s his loss.

  C.H. Armstrong

  August 5, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  agents, authors, Big Hero 6, Blogging101, books, Lorna Landvik, patience, publishing, query, querying, rejection, writing

• The Waiting Game

  Like watching a pot boil, the literary agent is gonna call any quicker if I keep checking my e-mail.

  C.H. Armstrong

  August 4, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  agents, amanda hocking, authors, Blogging101, books, novels, patience, publishing, querying, self publishing, tracey garvis graves, waiting, writing

• Changes Are Coming – Sign up for Notification!

  Lots of changes are in the works, both with this blog and with me personally.  I’ve decided to start a monthly e-mail to keep you up to date on the most important changes.  If you want to stay in the know, take a moment to sign up for my once-monthly-e-mails.  The first one will go…

  C.H. Armstrong

  May 9, 2015

  The Edge of Nowhere

  books, publishing, querying, writing

• Changes are Coming!

  Sometimes life has a way of grabbing you by the tail and spinning you around in circles.  Sometimes that’s not a good thing, but other times you just hang on and enjoy the ride.  That’s what I’m doing right now…enjoying the  ride. Look for big changes with this blog in the next few weeks.  I…

  C.H. Armstrong

  May 1, 2015

  The Edge of Nowhere, Writing and Querying

  books, querying, writing

• Author Interview – Mary Kubica – “The Good Girl”

  JUNE 14, 2017: Two years ago I did a Q&A with Author, Mary Kubica. Right now, she’s LIVE ON FACEBOOK as she talks about her newest novel, EVERY LAST LIE and her life as a writer. Check her out! Here’s the link: Live Facebook with Mary Kubica! FROM APRIL 2014: Back in February I started…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 13, 2015

  Author Spotlight, Book Reviews

  author interview, mary kubica, querying, the good girl