http://www.jessicatudor.com Christian. Veg*n. Writer. Wife. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:13:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So in honor of the on-going agent hunt, and because Natalie Fischer made this awesome post about the agents-commenting-on-queries debate, I'm going to share the first query I ever sent (homogenized, no specific agent). If you want my take on the query-comment battle, see my comment on Natalie's post but in ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2018 This book is seriously refreshing. I borrowed the ARC from a friend because I couldn't wait one more week to read it. It comes out today and you should buy it immediately if you like YA paranormal at ALL. I shouldn't have liked this book. Vampires? Check. Werewolves? Check. Fairies? Check. Secret agency? Check. Fairy prophecy? ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2011 I'd like to get back to reviewing, but I got tired of gushing! Imagine. So I think from now on I'll comment on books that I have more than a single thought about. :) I received SHADES from Mary's agent, Jennifer Jackson, in a Twitter contest. (If you read my reviews, ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2008 I used to read one book at a time, breakneck, and then another, and so forth. I've slowed down over the summer but hope the cooler weather will inspire me to pick up my pace again. That said, I've also tried something different this past month as my attention span shortens ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2006 I have been mulling this question for a while now. I've always been very glib about it, "a writer writes," and "if you can't not write, you're a writer." I still stand by these things. But I was reading InternAmie's queryslam recently on twitter and she's begun saying "this person ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2002 I know I've talked before about why I dislike libraries, and I've also talked about why I love libraries. Today let's add a reason to the love pile. (That sounds dirty. Forget I said it.) I am SO PICKY about books. I don't have a lot of discretionary income, so I ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=2000 Why do I write YA? Because being a grown-up doesn't come with an instruction manual. Because I still feel like I'm pretending. Any minute, they're going to figure it out, too. Because inside, I'm still alone, only I finally realized I'm always going to be. I'm the only me there is. Because there's still ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=1997 That is mostly all. Toady rocked his thesis presentation yesterday and is that much closer to completing his second Master's degree. I am so proud of him my mouth hurts from smiling about it. In other news, I have decided I need to leave the house to write because I am having ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=1993 So I'm kind of a high strung person in my default settings. I've slowly come to admit that this is non-Biblical. It's *not* a personality quirk. It's a result of being untrusting, let down, anxiety-ridden, stressed, and unhopeful most of my life. It's ingrained at this point. But that doesn't mean ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=1985 Some writers don't like to read things similar to their WIP's because they fear infection. While I can understand that, it's not me. (What I CAN'T understand is the 'writers' who don't read ANYTHING because they fear infection. But that's another post.) For instance, my new project, MERCY, has the same ... http://www.jessicatudor.com/?p=1982