#MSWL – SE White Author

The 10 Totally Made-Up Commandments of Querying

2018-08-01

Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Query Letters, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Writing Process

This is an Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. Since I’m currently querying and fielding nothing but rejections, I’d like to share the pain. Odds are good that some of you are in the trenches with me. The optional August question is: What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Querying. Avoid querying, if at all possible. No, I don’t mean that. It’s just the bitterness talking. Really, what I mean is: don’t query before your manuscript…

Can I Call Myself An Author Now?

2018-03-10

SE White

Blogging, Goals and Hopes, My Books

Not much of a long wordy post today, I’m too busy doing a happy Muppet flail! I’m thrilled to announce that my first ever book, Big Mistake, is now available! You can find it here on eXtasy Book’s website. Look at that pretty, shiny new cover. That’s right, an official link to an official eBook that I officially wrote! Do I get to tell people “I’m an author” when they ask what I do? It’s established fact now? Riding on the wave…

The 10 Totally Made-Up Commandments of Querying

2017-07-01

S.E. White

Query Letters, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Writing Process

The Magic of Manuscript Rejections; Month 3

2017-01-20

S.E. White

My Books, Query Letters

Three months into this journey. By this time I get to look back on my shiny new starting to query self, point, and laugh. I wasn’t so blindly optimistic that I thought my first round of queries would result in a book deal. The research and all the articles I found made it pretty clear that only in a world that includes unicorns does that happen. The answers I’ve gotten have been about what I expected for an unknown, unpublished…

The Magic of Manuscript Rejections; Part the Second

2016-12-20

S.E. White

Goals and Hopes, My Books, Query Letters, Writing Process

Lets review the scoreboard so far! Established Medium Size Agency: #pass, with a very polite form letter. Much appreciated. Established Medium Size Agency: No reply, which means #pass New Small Agency: Zero reply and it’s past their stated 4 week response time. #pass Established Medium Size: Still no reply. Their stated reply window is 12 weeks and it’s been about 10, so I figure #pass. Small Independent Romance Only Agency: #pass with the kindest personal letter full of pointers for me, which…