MILESTONES MET
Hear from Courage to Create success stories about the milestones they’re meeting in their literary lives.
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Johanna Peyton: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I am thrilled to share that I recently signed with Taylor Martindale Kean, an agent at Full Circle Literary. How long have you been writing/pursuing an...
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Kathleen Doherty: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! After querying 32 top literary agents this year, I got an offer of representation from Amy Stern at Sheldon Fogelman Agency. (I've had two previous...
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Mary E. Cronin: Selling a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! My picture book biography of PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford, LIKE A MOTHER BEAR (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2027) was recently announced in Publishers...
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Alia Khaled: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I recently signed with agent Natalie Lakosil of Looking Glass Literary & Media! How long have you been writing/pursuing an agent/publishing deal and...
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Catherine Payne: Releasing a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! My picture book Mole and Tell was released in May 2023! How long have you been writing/pursuing an agent/publishing deal and how has the Courage to Create...
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Rachel Funez: Selling a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! My debut picture book, Sonia and the Super-Duper Disaster, in which a girl uses coping skills to manage ADHD and anxiety while whipping up a super surprise...
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Kerry Ferguson: Selling a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! My debut picture book, Fish Friends Forever, about a spunky child and her friendship with and loss of her beloved pet sold to Lauri Hornick at...
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Catherine Stier: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I recently (and for the first time ever) signed with an agent, Jennifer Mattson of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. How long have you been...
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Patrice Gopo: Releasing an Essay Collection
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I’m excited to share that my second essay collection, Autumn Song: Essays on Absence (University of Nebraska Press | American Lives Series) is now...
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Jilanne Hoffmann: Releasing a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon Rainforest released on July 25th from Chronicle Books! And a new book contract is...
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