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UpvoteYA Episode 7: Your Querying Survival Guide
As the conclusion of our series on the querying process, today we discuss sending your query to agents and how to make it out alive. When do you nudge? How […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 6: Query Workshop
Today on UpvoteYA, we take an in-depth look at querying. What is a query? What are the important parts? What makes an effective query? We try to tackle these questions and […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 5: Agents and Querying (Part 2) – Misconceptions and More
In part two of “Agents and Querying,” we discuss common misconceptions about literary agents, as well as what not to do when querying. We also interview agent Renee Nyen of […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 4: Agents and Querying (Part 1)
Literary agents are a big part of the traditional publishing process. So big, we can’t fit it all into one episode! In part one, we talk about what an agent does, how […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 3: How to Win Pitch and Blog Contests
Welcome to episode three of the UpvoteYA podcast! Today we’re going to dive head first into the world of pitch and blog contests. We’ll talk about what it takes to win […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 2: All About Genre and Process
Welcome to the episode two of the UpvoteYA podcast! In this episode we explore genre in the YA marketplace. We also discuss resources and tools for discovering trends, word count […]
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UpvoteYA Episode 1: What is YA?
Welcome to the first episode of the UpvoteYA podcast! We’re here to talk about all things related to writing and reading young adult literature. Today, we introduce ourselves and explore […]