Plot: Questions to ask yourself before submitting

Rejection is never fun. I know, I’ve been there. With the thousands of manuscripts out in the mail and the hundreds more sitting piled on an editor’s desk, your submission must stand out immediately above the gargantuan slush-pile in order to be considered. While a fine-tuned query letter is just the first step to catching [...]

First death threat

Well I got my first death threat today. Quite entertaining actually. Here, let me share…
I’d rejected a manuscript, personally explaining why this particular manuscript was not publishable by our house – and actually, I didn’t feel it was publishable period. The story was about a sadistic murderer who liked to rape their victims first – [...]