Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author

Okay, sweet readers. I'm not usually a sap. At least, I like to think I'm not. So, apologies in advance for this post. I've b...

So. I'm not what you might call the most cheerful person. I'm a pragmatist. An acute one, even. Which means that this whole crazy ...

Happy Friday, sweet readers!   It's actually been a pretty decent week! I mean, I'm still in the query trenches, but I didn'...

If you're a regular reader, you witnessed my epic whining-about-whining-about-querying post from last week. (And if you're not ...

I've been doing a lot of whining lately. It all  boils down to reading/thinking about, and obsessing too much over, How to Get Publish...

Ever since I was a little kid, I've loved to know What Was Going to Happen. I would plan my future career and spend hours finding the be...

Thanks to the goodness and brilliance of my CP, Marieke , (and the subsequent input of a handful of other CPs, love you ladies) I have a...

The internet is an amazing place for writers. It's where we can find incredible critique partners, more writing forums than we have t...

I've written about the inital-query freefall  before. What happens when you've been querying for nine days, and the form rejections...

So.... ONE has been querying for a week! Yaaaay! Just wanted to do a little post on how I query, since I know a good portion of my critiqu...

Well, friends? It's been a bang-up writing week over here.  The first official queries for ONE went out on Monday and I've been del...

Well, you guys? This is my second tour through the query trenches. I know better than to make stupid mistakes. (Here are some examples...

(before I start - You all HAVE seen the new covers for Elana Johnson's POSSESSION and SURRENDER , right? Because they are awesome. Just ...

It happened with my first manuscript, and it's starting to creep up on me again. The itchy query finger . (Oh, July me. You were so...

As much as I hate it, I know. All writers seeking traditional publication must write a query. I know.  I'm not about to ignore the a...

I don't know when to quit. With this book, anyway. I wish there was some mechanism, a whooping alarm or a decisive trap door or some...

I've written before about the split personality of a writer . We have to be simultaneously the most confident and the most humble peopl...

One of the most-repeated pieces of querying advice is to do your homework. Research, research, research. Read interviews with the agents - a...

Now that THE TRAVELERS is querying (best of luck, my book baby!) , I've been spending my time almost exclusively on ONE. The day I hi...

So. Here are a couple of exciting truths that actually make life (read: my head) more complicated. 1. THE TRAVELERS is querying (fly, li...