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Querying MOUNTAIN SOUNDS (again)

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Grace Smith
Jan 19, 2024
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Hey y’all!

I hope everyone had the loveliest holiday. The advent of a new year always gives me so much more energy (I’m 100% a New Year’s Resolution person), especially since I fundamentally write gift guides for work—meaning Q4 is absolutely our busy season. I ended up overflowing some into January to write Valentine’s day gift guides, so am just now looking up and shifting gears!

Although I write full-time, the way I largely make it work is by writing in different topics. Writing a review or listicle feels fundamentally different—and like it uses a different part of my brain—than writing fiction.

I wanted to give you a book update and explain to y’all how the querying process works. If you haven’t read my previous explanations, here’s a short compilation of my journey so far:

  • Leaving my agent—and why

  • A summary of (and strategies for) revising my book

  • “Paying myself” to write—the financial considerations

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