In her charming new novel, After Happily Ever After, Leslie Rasmussen’s main character deals with issues familiar to many middle-aged women and probably some men, too: children leaving the nest, ailing parents, a long-term marriage in need of rebooting, career…
Thanks for sending me your manuscript—nearly finished, I hope! It’s certainly some kind of achievement to literally capture your audience inside this sprawling dystopia. Your stakes recall the four horsemen, even your scenes of grocery shopping contain conflict, and you’ve…
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston is “an enchanting fantasy adventure filled with heart and soul. Amari is magical!” So says Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate You Give. I couldn’t agree more. Think of…
In Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau’s first English-English-language novel, Kisses and Croissants, Mia crosses the Atlantic to study dance for the summer and gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love not only with Paris (who wouldn’t?) but also with…
If you’ve ever found yourself craving life in a small New England town, or craving an unhealthy-but-delicious salami sandwich, then put Minus Me by Mameve Medwed high on your TBR list. Medwed captures the feel of small-town life in the…
I recently started querying my novel. After spending years to get to that point, it felt a little bit like spending years getting ready for a party and finally feeling ready to fling open a door. And so I flung….