I don't really have time to do another awesome post this morning so I'm sort of going to cheat and just do a recap/update about guest blogging.
I am so glad that Justine and I came up with this idea (as if we're the first to have ever thought of it). Ever since her fist guest post Fridays have become by far the most successful and fun day not only to run this blog but to read it as well - okay that last part is surely assumption on my part - but hey, why not?
So first I just want to recap the awesome guest bloggers we have had so far. Please be sure to read these posts if you have not already and also to visit the blogs of the authors:
BROKEN TIES THAT BIND by Justine Dell
KATANA by Cole Gibsen
CANARY by Rachele Alpine
TREASURED LIES by Michelle McLean
and DEAD IN THE CORNER OF MY BEDROOM by Jessica AKA The Alliterative Allomorph
Also don't forget to check out Michelle Mclean's Non-Fiction query and submission guest post: HOMEWORK HELPERS: ESSAYS AND TERM PAPERS
I think these have all been really great guest posts and I would like to thank all the writers and authors who were brave enough to share them with us. I know that I have already learned a lot from them and I hope that they have helped all of you at least a little bit as well.
Now, I am very excited because we have some more equally awesome writers and author's guest posts coming up soon. As you see above this week is going to be Lisa and Laura Roecker with their query for LIAR SOCIETY.
So that will be Lisa and Laura Roecker on Friday May 7th.
Then we have Katie AKA Creepy Query Girl on Friday May 14th.
Who will be followed by the hilarious Candace of The Misadventures in Candyland on Friday May 21st.
EDIT: Elana Johnson has agreed to take part as well and will be sharing her query on Friday May 28th.
EDIT: Suzette Saxton has also agreed to take part and will be sharing her query on Friday June 4th.
All of these should be very entertaining and hopefully a little educational as well.
That being said I'm looking to continue adding other writers to the calendar. I have occasionally corresponded with greatness in the likes of Elana Johnson and Suzette Saxton but I'm a little too intimated to have asked them if they were interested in doing a post. I'm working on screwing up the courage.
In the meantime please let me know if you have any suggestions. I would like to get enough guest posts scheduled so that I can start doing it twice a week (because it will give me more time to revise my own WIP). Remember you don't have to be published or even agented, just have a finished MS and a query that was good enough to earn you a request from an agent. Then we'll break it down together, or whatever, you all know the drill.
So I guess that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by as always and feel free to email me (in my blogger profile) if you don't want to say something in the comments.
28 comments:
I did not realize you have had so many in this series.
I have only used guest bloggers a few times, but was surprised at how much work it entails with the coordination and stuff.
Keep up the good work.
Funny, I've been wondering if I missed some in this series. Turns out I've seen them all. Yay! I hate feeling like I'm the last one to the cool kids' party!
Hi
Oh wow! I'm very new to your blog so I'm glad you've sort of bunched them all together here!
Thank you. And good luck with your future guest blogs - the line up looks amazing!
I shall mosey along away to explore these links now.
Take care
x
Oh freakin fairdinkumly fantastic-o superduperman! Can't wait to read Katie's and Candace's - two of my favourite bloggers!
I don't know much about Lisa and Laura, so I'm looking forward to getting to know them too!
Whoo-hoo!
I look forward to more letters.
Hey Matthew, did I read correctly - are you looking for guests to post their query letters?
Let me know - I have a completed ms and it was requested by an editor at Simon and Schuster. (no response yet)
Hilarious? Surely you jest. But woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!Excited for the 21st! (And I've seen LiLa's bits before on Elana's Query to the Call. Should be great)
There's nothing wrong with a recap post! It's fun reading query letters! And I love guest bloggers. Fun.
Hey Matt! The series is awesome. And work up that courage to get Suzette and Elana to guest blog. They're not scary!
Update: Michelle McLean convinced me to find the courage to ask them so I sent Elana and Suzette both an email this morning.
Thanks for the recap. I'd missed most of those.
I love these guest posts and I'm looking forward to your upcoming guests.
Thanks Matt. I think this is a great idea and really helpful to those that are formulating some of their first querries. I look forward to the other guest spots as well as sitting down for bloffee (ok-I made up a word for hanging out on a particular person's blog while drinking coffee) with you on the 14th!:)
PS- thanks to you, I'm totally addicted to 'Glee'. I'm only about 5 episodes into the streaming but the music totally brings me back and its a hilarious show so thanks for the heads up!
That's awesome, Matthew! Thanks so much for all the hard work you've put into this. I'm loving reading these posts!
I feel so proud to have been here to see the very first guest post forward, lol
I don't qualify yet, because I've only gotten a partial request, not a full. But I'm working on it, Matthew. I'm working on it! ;o)
i love the guest posts! it's a nice counter to your own posts - i love to hear what you and others have heard from agents
SO COOL! can't wait for the upcoming fridays!!
:D
You have some wonderful bloggers/authors coming up Matthew! I have already enjoyed so many and now I am excited for even more!!!
Wonderful ;o)
Visit My Kingdom Anytime
I've got to check out all these links!!
Love your background by the way. Love it.
Matthew, saw your comment on Christine's blog about the Beta Club. If you have a revised version you'd prefer me to crit, just send it over. I don't do the crits until the day before usually, so feel free to swap it out. A few people have already done this, so it's no big deal. :)
Exciting list coming up, Matt! I can't wait to read them. Well done. :)
Wow, great guest posts of the past and more to come. Matthew you spoil us.:)
You're doing a great job, man - I love reading the guest blogs and your queries. I hope to join the roster of successful query posts sometime in the future! And thanks for commenting on my blog today (I've actually changed the entire post, by the way, since you read it. Hazards of being a pantzer while blogging. Heh.)
I'll be honest, I fell behind a bit on the guest posts so thanks for this! Now I can find the ones I missed :~)
Wow look at you!!! I need to back track and take a look at all of these, it seems I could have missed some awesome stuff!!!
Way to showcase people, that's so nice!!!
I'm excited about interviewing Talli Roland and having her on my blog, it will be my first ever!
Wow that's great! Talli's awesome and so are you Jen.
thanks for great informations It's a wonderful
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