Queries, Qualms, & Quirks

Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication. Author Sarah Nicolas interviews authors of all genres about how they got started writing, their writing process, getting their book deal, and their experiences with publication.

https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/

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episode 22: Romance Author Romi Moondi and A Book Launch in Paris


Romance Author Romi Moondi joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss zigzags and backtracks, amassing over a hundred rejections, signing with the wrong agent, self-publishing, the tyranny of best of lists, feeling responsible for representing your entire community, the one soundtrack she has to listen to for every book, and the friends who’ve been with her through it all...


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 June 8, 2023  32m
 
 

episode 23: Cookbook Author Jules Sherred and A New Way to Write Recipes


Cookbook Author Jules Sherred joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss query tracker, a fortuitous agent connection, the two-year overnight project, selling out on Amazon on pub day, breaking the rules, ripping out readers' guts, getting in trouble for his writing, and the problem with a quick publication schedule...


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 June 15, 2023  56m
 
 

episode 24: Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang and Pajamas in the Recording Studio


Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss recording her own audiobook, having an editor who gets your vision, Pitch Wars, writing books that you don't want, the joy in writing a perfect sentence, querying too early, the two sentence critique that led to a rewrite, and getting sidetracked by the wrong feedback.

Angel Di Zhang was born in northeast China, and raised in China, England, Canada and the United States...


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 June 24, 2023  25m