by Katie McCoach | Jul 1, 2023 | Publishing, Reading, Writing
[This article may include affiliate links] In 2017, I, along with a few other developmental editors, co-founded a contest and community called #RevPit. This contest is for emerging writers who plan to query and pitch their work to literary agents and publishing...
by Katie McCoach | Aug 16, 2018 | Writing
Recently on the blog we discussed 15 things I learned after reading 100 query letters during the RevPit contest. You can read the article here. During that submission period for the RevPit contest, I not only read 100 query letters, but I also read the first five...
by Katie McCoach | Jun 6, 2018 | Author Resources, Author Tips, Editing, Reading, Writing
A few weeks ago was the submission review period for the annual RevPit contest. During this review period, each editor has one week to review submissions from authors in order to make their final pick to work on one manuscript for the next five weeks. The contest...
by Katie McCoach | May 10, 2018 | Author Resources, Editing, Writing
Practical Tips for Rewriting your Novel: Free Workshop Finishing even a single draft of a book is a huge accomplishment. But now you must see your manuscript through multiple revisions and drafts. No one writes the perfect book in one shot. You must open yourself up...