Dan Desai Martin

Hi friends! Let’s chat today about the true nature of the rollercoaster ride known as querying. (If you want to know more about the basics of querying, check out my

When I was younger (and slimmer), I ran a half-marathon with my dad around his 50th birthday. I forget what my time was, but it didn’t matter because I finished

When you write a book, people want to know what it is about. And when you are trying to land a literary agent, one way they get that info is

I’ve read the blogs. I’ve supported other writers on Twitter. I knew it was coming. I did all I could to mentally prepare myself. Yet the sting of rejection still

While there are many good sources on editing a manuscript, I think that the best advice may come from the Great British Baking Show. While Paul Hollywood may be a

I am late getting to this, but I participated in #SFFpit on Twitter near the end of February. It was my first time participating, so here are my not-so-initial thoughts.

An infinite number of monkeys at infinite keyboards may eventually hammer out Shakespeare, but I’m no monkey and I don’t have infinite time. And like many writers, I suffer from

Let’s do this. While 2021 was the year I wrote and edited a manuscript, 2022 is the year I will find a literary agent, sell my manuscript, and be on

I was so excited when I finished my first draft. I was riding high, king of the world, on cloud nine, and whatever other tired cliches you want to add

Sometimes you are the bug. Sometimes you are the windshield. Yesterday, I was the bug. I sent my manuscript to a professional editor. This was after six beta readers had