Tag: writing

• Why I Read (and Write) YA Fiction

  Earlier this week I was conversing with a good friend, another author, who commented that she had difficulty reading YA Fiction.  Her life has long since moved past the phase of first relationships, snotty teen rivalries, and other issues our kids deal with.  I, on the other hand, love young adult fiction.  I just “get…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 24, 2015

  Book Reviews

  books, parenting, writing

• To Each His Own

  Here’s a truth about me:  I’m a prolific reader.  I will read anything, with the possible exception of science fiction; and then I could probably be talked into it if someone strongly recommend it.  I read anything. For years, I refused to leave a book unfinished.  If I started a book, I was committed to…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 11, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  authors, books, publishing, querying, writing

• Querying: Those Danged Rejections!

  As an artist — whether that be a writer, painter, or even a musician — I don’t think there’s anything harder than the process of asking for “approval” from an agent.  And, really, that’s what the querying process is; it’s submitting your hard work to a select group of people and asking them to like it.   When…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 7, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  books, querying, writers, writing

• Querying – The Waiting Game

  I’m an impatient person.  I admit it.  I’ve always been like this.  I want results and I want them now.  So the querying for an agent process has been rather frustrating for me.  It’s a waiting game; the game nobody really likes to play. Here’s the conundrum:  You send out a bunch of queries to…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 3, 2015

  The Edge of Nowhere, Writing and Querying

  books, publishing, querying, writing

• Querying: Blind Dating for an Agent

  After years and years of people suggesting I write a book, I finally sat down to the computer and followed through.  Not just once, but twice.  Yes, I’ve written two novels.  The first is a work of historical fiction based loosely upon my grandmother’s life.  The second is a work of young adult fiction about…

  C.H. Armstrong

  April 2, 2015

  Writing and Querying

  books, querying, writing