After four-and-a-half years of sending out queries and manuscript excerpts to agents and publishers, I am thrilled to share that Line of Flight has a publisher! Köehler Books has accepted my novel, and the planned publication date is December 17, 2026. This all came about in February. I had only recently learned about Köehler and […]
And Another Step Forward
More progress on the publishing front to share: The opening of Line of Flight was published in the April 2024 issue of Embark, an online literary journal that presents openings from 10 unpublished novels twice a year. This happens to be Embark’s twentieth issue, and I am in good company! It’s rewarding to have two […]
In the Query Trenches
I’ve been sending out queries for Line of Flight since November, about 10 months, now. So much for any naive assumptions that I’d find a literary agent sooner than later. I’m up to about 40 queries, so far, and have received a variety of form letter rejections and a couple of more personal notes, as […]