MILESTONES MET
Hear from Courage to Create success stories about the milestones they’re meeting in their literary lives.
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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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Ariel Vanece: Selling a Picture Book
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! Lauri Hornik at Rocky Pond Books has acquired world rights to my book Free Museum Day, illustrated by Tatiana Gardel. Publication is set for spring 2025!...
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Rebecca Balcárcel: Selling a Middle Grade Novel
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! Book sale! My MG novel, Sunchild, has been acquired by Taylor Norman at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. How long have you been writing/pursuing an...
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Roger Hutchison: Releasing Two Books
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I released two books in 2023 — my picture book, Sparrow's Prayer (Beaming Books, February 2023) and The Art of Calm: Spiritual Exercises for the Anxious...
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Elayne Crain: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I recently signed with literary agent Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency; I may also have more news (wink, wink) that I can't quite share yet....
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Claire Bobrow: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I recently signed with an agent! How long have you been writing/pursuing an agent/publishing deal and how has the Courage to Create program/tools served...
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Christina Shawn: Signing with an Agent
A Milestones Met Interview Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc.)! I signed with the amazing agent, Liz Nealon, of Great Dog Literary! How long have you been writing/pursuing an agent/publishing deal and how has the...
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