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By kristinameister February 17, 2017 Leave a comment

The San Francisco Writer’s Conference!!! I am here, dudes, and it is so awesome to hang out with kindred souls! These are my peeps! Amazing conversation, good food, ideas all around, and intellectual politics! I look forward to this every year. Thank so much for being around and for being amazing, writers and industry professionals […]

The San Francisco Writer’s Conference LGBTQ+ “Pop-up” Conference

By kristinameister January 23, 2017 Leave a comment

Some of you may know me as an intern and assistant to Laurie McLean, co-director of the San Francisco Writer’s Conference, the SFWC Foundation, and a founding Partner of Fuse Literary Agency. Some of you may know me as a published author. Some of you may know me as the freelance editor of Simon Alkenmayer’s […]

How To Create a Form Query Letter That Won’t Get Automatically Rejected.

How To Create a Form Query Letter That Won’t Get Automatically Rejected.

By kristinameister June 10, 2015 Leave a comment

Agents and editors always seem to reply in form letters. Have you noticed? If not, I’m hoping it’s because you haven’t sent out any queries yet. Good. That means you’ll have read this before making an ironic but critical mistake that many hopeful writers make: creating a form query letter that you believe will be universal, but will […]

How and Why Should I use Twitter?: An Argument Within a Tutorial

By kristinameister February 28, 2013 3 Comments

As I’ve said in previous entries, I seem to have been designated an unofficial arguer for the use of modern technology in the publishing industry, just by virtue of how many times I have either been paid to help someone set up their Twitter account, or by the number of times I have had to […]

There Is No Try: Why Writers Fail

By kristinameister February 24, 2013 Leave a comment

Since the San Francisco Writer’s Conference (something that always gets me thinking about my writing process) I’ve been considering the intellectual side of writing as a profession. How can an author go from a hobbyist that happens to get an occasional review or fanmail, to someone making a living at producing literature? It’s a very critical […]

Interfacing with Technology: Using Technology to help your Writing Succeed

By kristinameister February 19, 2013 6 Comments

It seems like every time I go to a publishing event, I end up having at least three versions of the same conversation about the use of technology in the world of writing. This is probably due to the fact that my smartphone is glued to my hand; either that or my pact with the […]