Upcoming Agent Spotlight Interviews & Guest Posts

  • Saritza Hernández Agent Spotlight Interview and 45-minute Ask Me Anything Session Giveaway on 4/8/2026
  • Erica Bauman Agent Spotlight Interview and Query Critique Giveaway on 4/27/2026
  • Andrea Colvin Agent Spotlight Interview and Query Critique Giveaway on 5/13/2026
  • Madelyn Knecht gent Spotlight Interview and Query Critique Giveaway on 6/15/2026
  • GiannaMarie Dobson Agent Spotlight Interview on 6/22/2026
  • Justina Ireland Agent Spotlight Interview and Query Critique Giveaway on 7/6/2026

Agent Spotlight & Agent Spotlight Updates

  • Agent Spotlights & Interviews were all edited in 2021. Every year since then, I update some of them. I also regularly add information regarding changes in their agency as I find it. I have been updated through the letter "N" as of 1/2O/2025 and many have been reviewed by the agents. Look for more information as I find the time to update more agent spotlights.

Literary Agent Interview: Rob Broder and Query Critique Giveaway

Today I’m thrilled to have agent Rob Broder here. He’s a literary manager at Martin Literary Management. 

Status Update: Rob is currently closed to queries. He will reopen to queries on 5/1/2026.

Hi­ Rob! Thanks so much for joining us. 

About Rob: 

1. Tell us how you became an agent, how long you’ve been one, and what you’ve been doing as an agent. 

I’ve been an agent for a few months now, and I became an agent after talking with my agent, Jen Newens about being an agent. We discussed everything involved and she knew my background, so it was a nice fit. I was considering becoming an agent when I sold our press, but other things at the time took over. I have received hundreds of submissions since becoming an agent and have signed to represent my first picture book author.

About the Agency: 

2. Share a bit about your agency and what it offers to its authors.

Martin Literary Management, founded in 2003, is a full service literary and media management agency. We focus on representing authors of adult nonfiction, fiction, and books for children and young adults. Our clients’ titles have appeared on the New York Times bestseller and other national bestseller lists, earned strong reviews, received many awards, and garnered national media attention. Many of our clients’ works have been optioned and developed for film and television projects and have helped promote speaking engagements.

 

We pride ourselves on providing thoughtful and considerate management of our clients. We also pride ourselves on being a modern literary agency capable of developing the many potential ancillary opportunities that exist outside of the book world.  

What He’s Looking For: 

3. What age groups do you represent—picture books, MG, and/or YA? What genres do you represent, and what are you looking for in submissions for these genres? 

I gravitate toward picture books, because it’s my comfort zone, but I represent any kid lit and graphic novels. I also like graphic memoirs. I first am looking for something well written, and the writing really knows the genre they are writing for. And then it’s the story. Something fun, creative and unique. If I read a submission I’ve never seen before, I get a little excited and want to reach out to that author. 

4.  Is there anything you would be especially excited to seeing in the genres you are interested in? 

Something extremely unique while showing me that you read the genre you write. 

What He Isn’t Looking For: 

5. What types of submissions are you not interested in? 

I’m generally not interested in rhyming picture books, and books about how much I love you to the moon and back. I’m not interested in how you rescued your dog or anything too violent or disturbing. 

Agent Philosophy: 

6. What is your philosophy as an agent both in terms of the authors you want to work with and the books you want to represent? 

I would say honesty and transparency. Be open to edits and rewrites to make your story the best possible story. If I want to represent you, it’s because I believe in you and see something in your writing.  

Editorial Agent: 

7. Are you an editorial agent? If so, what is your process like when you’re working with your authors before submitting to editors? 

I’d like to say I’m not, but with picture books, I can’t help myself and give constructive edits on making it the best possible manuscript possible. 

Query Methods and Submission Guidelines: (Always verify before submitting) 

8. How should authors query you and what do you want to see with the query letter? 

I would like authors and illustrators to query me through query-manager. If I request direct email, please do so. I’d love to see the query short and sweet and to the point. Get me hooked and make me what to scroll down to your manuscript. If I like what I’m reading, I’ll scroll back up and check out your bio. 

9.  Do you have any specific dislikes in query letters or the first pages submitted to you? 

You do not need to start your query with, “Hello my name is . . .” Because I know who you are based on the email or I’ll see your name on the signature.  So, I want to get hooked, so just start describing your story. 

Response Time: 

10. What’s your response time to queries and requests for more pages of a manuscript?

I try to say two weeks, but with the number of queries I’ve been receiving its more like three to four weeks. 

Self-Published and Small Press Authors:

11.  Are you open to representing authors who have self-published or been published by smaller presses? What advice do you have for them if they want to try to find an agent to represent them? 

I’m fine if they have been self-published or published with a small press.  If they have something new they are working on, I’d be interested in taking a look. 

Clients: 

12. Who are some of the authors you represent? 

I am currently building up my client list. 

Interviews and Guest Posts: 

13. Please share the links to any interviews, guest posts, and podcasts you think would be helpful to writers interested in querying you. 

I hope this link comes through… here are a bunch of articles and interviews through Writers Rumpus when I was a publisher. Hope this helps. https://writersrumpus.com/?s=broder 

Links and Contact Info: 

14. Please share how writers should contact you to submit a query and your links on the Web. 

Please submit through QueryManager listed here: https://www.martinlit.com/robbroder 

Additional Advice: 

15. Is there any other advice you’d like to share with aspiring authors that we haven’t covered? 

Like I said, please read the genre you write. Be authentic and your true self. And be open to rewrites and edits, while standing ground on your story if you really believe in it. 

Thanks for sharing all your advice, Rob! 

Giveaway Details 

­Rob is generously offering a query critique to one lucky winner. To enter, all you need to do is be a follower (via the follower gadget, email, or bloglovin’ on the right sidebar) and leave a comment through April 4th. If you do not want to enter the contest, that’s okay. Just let me know in the comments. If I do not have your email (I can no longer get it from your Google Profile), you must leave it in the comments to enter the contest. Please be sure I have your email address.

If you follow me on Twitter or Bluesky or mention this contest on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog, mention this in the comments and I'll give you an extra entry. This is an international giveaway. 

Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or email me at natalieiaguirre7@gmail.com 

Note: These agent profiles and interviews presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found here is subject to change. 

Upcoming Interviews, Guest Posts, and Blog Hops

 Monday, March 30, I’m participating in the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop 

Wednesday, April 1st, I have an interview with Christopher Roubique and a giveaway of his MG Mythspeaker and my IWSG post 

Monday, April 6th, I have an interview with Jill Tew and a giveaway of her MG Rayana Johnson’s Giant Leap

Wednesday, April 8th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Saritza Hernández and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, April 13th, I’m reviewing Jennifer Nielsen’s MG The Free State of Jax and Magnitude with a book giveaway 

Thursday, April 16th, I’m participating in the Rain Drop on Roses Giveaway Hop 

Monday, April 20th, I have an interview with Van Hoang and a giveaway of her MG Auntie Q’s Golden Claws Nail Salon 

Monday, April 27th, I have an interview with Gareth P. Jones and a giveaway of his MG Solve Your Own Mysteries 

Wednesday, April 29th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Erica Bauman and a query critique giveaway 

I hope to see you on Monday!

 

 

 

 

 

“The Middle”: Guest Post by Aaron Starmer and You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This Giveaway

 Happy Monday, Everyone! Today I’m excited to have Aaron Starmer here with a guest post to celebrate the release of his middle grade speculative, You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This. It sounds like a story full of mysteries to solve, and I’m looking forward to reading it. 

Here’s a blurb from Goodreads:

There’s always more to the story.

In the latest middle grade speculative novel from Spontaneous author Aaron Starmer, Roman follows the twisted threads of bizarre family legends and magical secrets to write his own chapter in his peculiar family narrative.

"A triumph of imaginative storytelling…"—Booklist, starred review


The Toe Beast looms large in the Barnes family lore—a tale concocted by twelve-year-old Roman’s grandpa to explain his missing toe. But Roman has never actually heard the full story, and after his grandpa dies suddenly, it seems like he never will.

That is, until Roman is tasked with clearing out his grandpa’s house, and stumbles upon some strange things. An old mason jar full of formaldehyde, a mysterious handwritten book about a girl and a pack of dogs, a rusty metal bucket with peculiar abilities. And they all tie back to extraordinary secrets from the distant past.

By unraveling even more unbelievable stories that have been hidden from him, Roman is forced to rethink how he fits into his family’s history. Now it’s up to him to see his own story through to the end. Because the Toe Beast was only the beginning . . .
 

Now here’s Aaron! 

I’m going to paraphrase Ben Affleck. No, I’m not going to do a Batman impression, or try to remember some dusty Good Will Hunting quotes. I’m simply going to summarize some wisdom he recently shared during an interview about the rise of AI in the creative world. What he said, more or less, is that an LLM (Large Language Model) does nothing more than aim for “the middle.” 

He’s right. Even if it can produce clean and clear stories, or provide solid, recognizable scaffolding for a narrative, generative AI in its current form is designed to push away the sorts of ideas that exist on the fringes of the human mind and instead focus on safe, well-trodden territory. It steals from the artistic works it “trains on,” but it doesn’t steal the good stuff, or at least not the stuff that I like. It steals the middle. 

When I was young, first exploring what it meant to write stories, I didn’t really know what the middle was. Partly because I hadn’t read enough, but mostly because I was focused on my own idiosyncratic view of the world. When I wrote, the results were amorphous and messy, but they certainly didn’t fall in the middle. As I grew older, my prose crystallized into more coherent and better crafted stories, and as writing became my career, I thought more and more about the middle. Do most readers want the middle? Is the middle the ultimate goal? 

I don’t have a definitive answer to that first question, but I can answer the second one, at least as

it relates to my writing. No. The middle is not my ultimate goal. I’ve tried to write the middle and it doesn’t work for me. I’m not very good at it.  It doesn’t come off as genuine. And one thing I do know about most readers is that they care about writing that’s genuine. 

As I was crafting my latest novel, You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This, I kept this in mind. The ideas I was coming up with were weird. Very weird. The temptation to push those ideas toward the middle was strong, but I resisted. This was my sixteenth novel. I still had a lot to learn about being an author, but I was experienced enough to keep my writing disciplined while trusting my instincts to stay true to my very weird self. 

That’s ultimately why I wrote a tale about a severed toe and a haunted, rusty metal bucket. About a curiosity shop with a baffling inventory and a wild child that arises from the sewers. About a growing pack of dogs and an assortment of other mystical beasts. About sealed envelopes and sealed doors and secrets, secrets, and more secrets that a family has kept hidden for decades until a twelve-year-old named Roman Barnes is brave enough to uncover them all. I enjoyed writing this book about as much as I’ve enjoyed writing anything, probably because it recaptured the wild thoughts, fears, and obsessions I had when I was Roman’s age. 

You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This is a middle grade novel. It’s written for middle schoolers. But let’s be honest. The kids I wrote this book for don’t need more “middle” in their lives. Their best moments and memories exist on the periphery, where their distinct personalities are being formed. I hope my story honors that. And if it doesn’t, they know which finger to raise and wave in my direction. 

Thanks for sharing your advice, Aaron. You can find Aaron at:

Website: www.aaronstarmer.com

Publisher: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737851/you-are-now-old-enough-to-hear-this-by-aaron-starmer/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaron_starmer/

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@aaron_starmer

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/aaronstarmer.bsky.social 

Giveaway Details 

Aaron’s publisher is generously offering a hardback of You Are Old Enough to Hear This for a giveaway. To enter, all you need to do is be a follower of my blog (via the follower gadget, email, or bloglovin’ on the right sidebar) and leave a comment by April 4th. If I do not have your email (I can no longer get it from your Google Profile), you must leave it in the comments to enter the contest. Please be sure I have your email address. 

If you mention this contest on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media sites and/or follow me on Twitter or Bluesky or follow Aaron on his social media sites, mention this in the comments, and I'll give you an extra entry for each. You must be 13 years old or older to enter. This book giveaway is US. 

Marvelous Middle Grade Monday is hosted by Greg Pattridge. You can find the participating blogs on his blog 

Upcoming Interviews, Guest Posts, and Blog Hops 

Wednesday, March 25, I have an agent spotlight interview with Rob Broder and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, March 30, I’m participating in the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop

Wednesday, April 1st, I have an interview with Christopher Roubique and a giveaway of his MG Mythspeaker and my IWSG post 

Monday, April 6th, I have an interview with Jill Tew and a giveaway of her MG Rayana Johnson’s Giant Leap 

Wednesday, April 8th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Saritza Hernández and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, April 13th, I’m reviewing Jennifer Nielsen’s MG The Free State of Jax and Magnitude with a book giveaway 

Thursday, April 16th, I’m participating in the Rain Drop on Roses Giveaway Hop 

Monday, April 20th, I have an interview with Van Hoang and a giveaway of her MG Auntie Q’s Golden Claws Nail Salon 

Monday, April 27th, I have an interview with Gareth P. Jones and a giveaway of his MG Solve Your Own Mysteries 

Wednesday, April 29th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Erica Bauman and a query critique giveaway 

I hope to see you on Wednesday!

 

 

Chasing Rainbows Giveaway Hop

 


Happy Monday, Everyone! Today I'm excited to participate in the Holly Jolly Giveaway Hop hosted by MamatheFox and MomDoesReviews. I hope you're having a good rest of your March. We're finally having some warmer days that remind us here in Michigan that spring will come. I should start my spring yard clean up too. It's always much more fun at the beginning of the season.

Book of Your Choice or Amazon Gift Card Giveaway 

I’ve got a lot of exciting newly released MG and YA book choices this month that you might like. You can also choose another book in the series by these authors or a book of your choice. You can find descriptions of these books on Goodreads. Here are your choices:

 












If you haven't found a book you want, you can win a $10 Amazon Gift Card.

 


Giveaway Details

To enter, all you need to do is be a follower of my blog (via the follower gadget, email, or bloglovin’ on the right sidebar) and leave a comment by March 31st telling me whether you want a book, and if so, which one, or the Amazon gift card and your email address. Be sure to include your email address. If I do not have your email (I can no longer get it from your Google Profile), you must leave it in the comments to enter the contest. Please be sure I have your email address. 

If you mention this contest on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media sites and/or follow me on Twitter or Bluesky, mention this in the comments and I'll give you an extra entry for each. You must be 13 years old or older to enter. The book giveaway is U.S. only and the Amazon gift card giveaway is International. 

Upcoming Interviews, Guest Posts, and Blog Hops 

Monday, March 23, I have a guest post by Aaron Starmer and a giveaway of his MG You Are Now Old Enough to Hear 

Wednesday, March 25, I have an agent spotlight interview with Rob Broder and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, March 30, I’m participating in the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop 

Wednesday, April 1st, I have an interview with Christopher Roubique and a giveaway of his MG Mythspeaker and my IWSG post 

Monday, April 6th, I have an interview with Jill Tew and a giveaway of her MG Rayana Johnson’s Giant Leap

Wednesday, April 8th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Saritza Hernández and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, April 13th, I’m reviewing Jennifer Nielsen’s MG The Free State of Jax and Magnitude with a book giveaway 

Thursday, April 16th, I’m participating in the Rain Drop on Roses Giveaway Hop 

Monday, April 20th, I have an interview with Van Hoang and a giveaway of her MG Auntie Q’s Golden Claws Nail Salon 

Monday, April 27th, I have an interview with Gareth P. Jones and a giveaway of his MG Solve Your Own Mysteries 

Wednesday, April 29th, I have an agent spotlight interview with Erica Bauman and a query critique giveaway

I hope to see you on Monday!

And here are all the other blogs participating in this blog hop:


MamatheFox, Mom Does Reviews, and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

Literary Agent Interview: Lindsey Aduskevich and Query Critique Giveaway

Today I’m thrilled to have agent Lindsey Aduskevich here. She’s a literary manager at Martin Literary Management. 

Hi­ Lindsey! Thanks so much for joining us. 

Hi Natalie! Thank you so much for having me. 

About Lindsey: 

1. Tell us how you became an agent, how long you’ve been one, and what you’ve been doing as an agent. 

Great question! I have been interested in agenting ever since my first SCBWI regional conference in 2019 where I attended as a picture book writer. After honing my writing craft for a few years, I began to apply to agent internships in 2022. Trying to get an agent internship felt just like being in the query trenches. The next three years I got a lot “no’s” and “almosts.” Finally, in the beginning of 2025 I got my “yes!” from senior Literary Manager Kristen Terrette. Kristen spent six months teaching me everything she knows, and it was in October that I received an email with the subject line “Let’s Chat” from Vice President Jen Newens. Very shortly after our meeting, Jen and Sharlene Martin, the president of Martin Literary Management (MLM), offered me a position with the agency. I have been doing my dream job ever since. 

As for what I’ve been doing, I am connecting with editors and reading manuscript after amazing manuscript in search of the ones that won’t let me sleep at night. I made my first offer of rep in December (which I did not get by the way), my second offer in January (which I did get!), and my third in February (which I also got!). I am currently preparing an incredible historical fiction middle grade for submission and plan to go out with another historical fiction in the fall. 

About the Agency: 

2. Share a bit about your agency and what it offers to its authors. 

MLM prides itself on considerate management, meaning we aim to be respectful, kind, nurturing, and communicative. Our agency has been championing books into the world for 23 years now, and thanks to Sharlene Martin’s connections in the film industry, many of those books became documentaries, movies, or series. When I joined MLM as an intern, I was struck by how warm and friendly everyone was. When I joined as an agent, it truly felt like family. We are all here to support each other, answer questions, help with clients’ work, contracts, proposals, submission lists—anything we need from each other. What that means for authors is all the agents here have an incredible support system. With MLM, you don’t just get one agent rooting for you—you get an entire team!  

What She’s Looking For: 

3. What age groups do you represent—picture books, MG, and/or YA? What genres do you represent, and what are you looking for in submissions for these genres? 

I represent picture books, middle grade, young adult, and new adult. I am open to fiction, informational fiction, and non-fiction. 

For picture books, I love humorous, lyrical, hard topics, silly, serious, prose, rhyme (as long as you know what you’re doing because I don’t!), holiday, dark humor, spooky, historical…pretty much anything. But there is one key ingredient I absolutely must have: heart…and the heart has to be big. I want the whole emotional experience. Send me your manuscripts that will make me laugh, cry, or race to tell my critique partners that I just read the most amazing story! 

For middle grade, pacing and stakes are key here. I am looking for phenomenal voices that keep me on the edge of my seat. I want escalating tension, standout characters, and fresh topics. I am open to paranormal, contemporary, spooky, mystery, horror, or magical. 

For young adult, I would love to see romcoms, romantasy, historical fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal, and even some genre mashups. Think paranormal romance, romcom thriller, etc. My true love is a really good historical fiction, but I’m very selective in this area. 

In new adult, I like college campus settings or just starting out in the work force. The same genres for young adult apply here, too. 

4.  Is there anything you would be especially excited to seeing in the genres you are interested in? 

I would love a good YA horror. One with emotionally complex characters and a swoon-worthy romance. I am also highly interested in a picture book that tugs on my heart and begs to be read again and again. 

What She Isn’t Looking For: 

5. What types of submissions are you not interested in? 

If I had to list a few things that interest me the least, it would be books about gaming and saving turtles eggs. I promise I’m not a monster! I love all animals, including cute, adorable turtles. I think it’s just an overdone concept for me. But as of right now, I am not closed to anything. If the story is good, I’m game! 

Agent Philosophy: 

6. What is your philosophy as an agent both in terms of the authors you want to work with and the books you want to represent? 

I am looking for authors who are kind, understanding, and have an open heart. I prefer voices and stories that are uplifting. I want to represent books that foster empathy, shine light on new experiences, teach readers information in exciting ways, and/or help readers escape into a fantastical world. 

Editorial Agent: 

7. Are you an editorial agent? If so, what is your process like when you’re working with your authors before submitting to editors? 

I am! I will always give my clients both line comments and my overall thoughts. I will focus on assessing character arc, structure, pacing, tension, stakes, grammar, etc. Once I have organized my feedback, I will send it to the author and wait for the revisions. We will go back and forth until we both think the manuscript is perfect. But one quick note: for grammar, commas never landed with me. As hard as I tried, that is my one weakness. That and rhyme. Okay, I have two weaknesses. 

Query Methods and Submission Guidelines: (Always verify before submitting) 

8. How should authors query you and what do you want to see with the query letter? 

I would love for authors to query me via my Query Manager. Please do not send queries to my email. 

Regarding query letters, we all know writing is HARD! There are so many rules. For some of us, (me for sure!) it takes years to hone our craft. And we don’t just have to learn how to write a story, we have to learn how to write a query letter. A well-written query letter tells me that you have spent time on your craft, and that you are invested in your future as an author. I love a well-written query letter. Don’t be afraid to let your personality shine, but don’t stray too far from the structure. 

What I personally like to see is the hook, book, and cook technique all on one page. 

1.     Start with a few lines about why you are querying me (not always necessary but appreciated).

2.     Give me your pitch—bonus points if it is in the voice/tone of your manuscript.

3.     Comps, themes, and why this book is needed in today’s market.

4.     Bio. Don’t forget your bio! I love a good, succinct bio. 

All of these things are what make a great query letter, but don’t stress too much about them. If one or more of these areas are stressing you out, do your best and that’s good enough! 

9.  Do you have any specific dislikes in query letters or the first pages submitted to you? 

I don’t have dislikes, but I do have things that will make me hesitate. If a query barely resembles what a query should look like, then I don’t feel as connected to the author and (not willingly) find myself less invested. 

As for the first pages, again, no dislikes, but try to stay away from overdone scenes. Waking up in bed and stretching is an overdone opening scene (though I’m not saying this won’t work!), and so is “once upon a time” and “there once was a little boy who…”. Challenge yourself to find something unique that will set your book apart from all the others. 

Response Time: 

10. What’s your response time to queries and requests for more pages of a manuscript? 

Right now, I am aiming for three weeks or less for queries. As I build my list, I know this will not be feasible. For those I request more pages from, sometimes you will hear from me in about a week or so. Longer manuscripts could take up to a month. If it’s been over three months, absolutely nudge. But please know I will always try to respond as quickly as possible. A month tops would be my goal. 

Self-Published and Small Press Authors: 

11.  Are you open to representing authors who have self-published or been published by smaller presses? What advice do you have for them if they want to try to find an agent to represent them? 

I am definitely open to authors who have self-published or been published by smaller presses. This should never make a writer hesitate to query me as long as it’s new work. My advice to self-pubbed or small press pubbed authors is to keep writing amazing stories and getting them out there. 

Clients: 

12. Who are some of the authors you represent? 

Right now, I have two clients who I am still pinching myself over. Mengxi Seeley is an incredibly talented author who writes novels inspired by historical research, with fantastically happy endings. And Victoria Winterhalter Brame who writes exceptional middle grade and young adult novels focused on hidden histories and characters discovering their self-worth.

I am eagerly searching for more talented writers to join our team, and I hope to sign some soon! 

Interviews and Guest Posts: 

13. Please share the links to any interviews, guest posts, and podcasts you think would be helpful to writers interested in querying you. 

I’m going to skip this question since this is my first interview. 

Links and Contact Info: 

14. Please share how writers should contact you to submit a query and your links on the Web. 

QueryManager: https://QueryTracker.net/query/4083

Website: https://lindseyaduskevich.com/

X: @LAduskevich

Bluesky: @laduskevich.bsky.social

Insta: @lindsey_aduskevich 

Additional Advice: 

15. Is there any other advice you’d like to share with aspiring authors that we haven’t covered? 

You’re never going to get your “yes” if you give up. Writing may be a rollercoaster, and gosh darn those “ups” are high and those “downs” are low, but if you give up…it will never happen. And always remember, not every story will land. In fact, most of your stories may not. But don’t forget, you write because you love it. You love the community, you love putting your emotions down on paper, you love creating characters and situations that are going to resonate with readers. Just because a story you wrote doesn’t land with your critique partners, an agent, or an editor, doesn’t mean you didn’t create something special. Something that, hopefully, brought you joy, exercised your writing muscles, and led you to the path you are currently on. If you are in that boat where your stories aren’t landing (and so many of us are!), give yourself a moment to feel those feels, but then pick yourself up, dust yourself off, write something new (or revise something old), and get yourself back out there. Because…your “yes!” can only come if you don’t give up! 

Thanks for sharing all your advice, Lindsey! 

Giveaway Details 

­Lindsey is generously offering a query critique to one lucky winner. To enter, all you need to do is be a follower (via the follower gadget, email, or bloglovin’ on the right sidebar) and leave a comment through March 21st. If you do not want to enter the contest, that’s okay. Just let me know in the comments. If I do not have your email (I can no longer get it from your Google Profile), you must leave it in the comments to enter the contest. Please be sure I have your email address.

If you follow me on Twitter or Bluesky or mention this contest on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog, mention this in the comments and I'll give you an extra entry. This is an international giveaway. 

Upcoming Interviews, Guest Posts, and Blog Hops

Monday, March 16, I’m participating in the Chasing Rainbows Giveaway Hop 

Monday, March 23, I have a guest post by Aaron Starmer and a giveaway of his MG You Are Now Old Enough to Hear 

Wednesday, March 25, I have an agent spotlight interview with Rob Broder and a query critique giveaway 

Monday, March 30, I’m participating in the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop 

I hope to see you on Monday! 

Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or email me at natalieiaguirre7@gmail.com 

Note: These agent profiles and interviews presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found here is subject to change.