Dan Desai Martin

I started querying in March of 2022 (scroll down to see my stats). At the time, my YA fantasy novel stood a whopping 120,000 words. I thought it was polished

If you ever look for writing advice or querying advice online, you are met with a boatload of information. And much of it is conflicting. How does one decide which

After finishing a draft, writers are both wildly excited and dreadfully fearful of sharing their finished book with anyone and everyone. If harnessed, the anxiety could power a medium-sized city

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