by Tracy | Feb 17, 2020 | For Writers & Illustrators
I tweeted some science-related #mswls earlier this summer, but I thought it’d be helpful to collate them here and share! Here goes: I would love to see a trade NF book exploring antarctica and climate change. (This idea is not fully formed, so bear with...
by Tracy | Feb 17, 2020 | Agent News
This month, Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora’s The Oldest Student was spotted in my colleague’s local paper (Thanks, Jessica A!) and Kat Zhang was featured on NBC 5 for her and Charlene Chua’s Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao! Publishing this Month We...
by Tracy | Feb 10, 2020 | For Writers & Illustrators, More Personally
I hate driving behind those trailers that carry ten or so cars on them, and it’s because I can’t not think about the story I was told about my great-uncle, who died when one of the chains snapped. But it turns out – that’s not actually what...
by Tracy | Jan 1, 2019 | Agent News, For Writers & Illustrators
In 2018, I closed to queries from July 1st through about August 15th, and then again from November 15th through the end of the year. My query stats for 2018 look like this: In 2018, I received 2,609 queries, requested 109, and took on 9 clients. (Compared to 2,715...
by Tracy | Mar 16, 2018 | For Readers, For Writers & Illustrators, More Personally
Last week, I took a vacation from BookEnds to relax, recharge and spend a little time with my own writing. As part of that week, I also made a couple of guest blog stops and I wanted to share them here as well. For readers: Over at Kate Narita’s 100 Book...
