Sheila Alford is querying

#MG #PB writer, CA transplant from the South, storyteller, #SCBWI, #12x12PB member. #ChildrensBookAc #amquerying #OhMG! #TNMountainWriters

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@REstepLit I’m in PST, so I won’t be able to get my query in on time, but maybe when you open up again.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

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[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@CindyBirchLit This is amazing! Congrats! 🎉🍾🎈

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@JEngelMattern Yay!! Congratulations!! This was a long time coming. It sounds amazing, too. Can’t wait to read it.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@MeganDavidhizar Thank you @MeganDavidhizar.
I am at this point of hanging on by a thread. I needed to read about your journey. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

My precious Gemma just got a haircut, and now she looks even more like a stuffed teddy bear. I didn’t realize how tiny she is.

[The Mixed-Up Files @MixedUpFiles]

MG NEWS: Why Upper Middle Grade and Early MG (with shorter chapters!) is needed more now than ever, w/ shoutouts to @literarylesliez, @LaurieLMorrison @taralazar, @KellyDHouse and @ImaginationSoup. #kidlit #publishing #amreading. https://t.co/t1bIiMeJsR

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

So proud of my friend and critique partner in crime. Congrats @BitsyKemper!

[Face in a Book @faceinbooks]

Of course, you didn’t forget #MothersDay! But if you want a chance at another great gift for your mom, drop by Sunday, 5/12 between noon & 3 to meet @BitsyKemper, author of Mommy & Me Micro-Moments. Raffle prizes include this great “Love You Mom” basket! @EDHTownCtr @EDHChamber

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@KimberlyBiddle4 I surely hope so!

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@KimberlyBiddle4 Can’t wait to hear the news!

[Bitsy Kemper 📚 @BitsyKemper]

My new "Mommy & Me: Micro-Moments" book is almost here! I'm so excited to share it. https://t.co/0OeC9oNBMY

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

Quote of the Day
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
— Mark Twain

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@T0NYSHERIDAN He’s so adorable!! And I love his house. My husband might need to make one for our Gemma.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@Amandabadillo25 Querying…DM, please. Thanks.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

@JEngelMattern Amazing! Here’s to much success.

[Sheila Alford is querying @TheSheilster]

Don’t give up. Your story may be what someone needs, and your answer may be right around the corner. #amwriting #writingcommunity

[Bitsy Kemper 📚 @BitsyKemper]

Don't let other people's publishing journey effect how you define your success! We all have different paths. #amwriting #kidlit #WritingCommunity

[Alyssa Matesic @AlyssaMatesic]

Your opening pages have to do a lot of heavy lifting. They must entice the reader to commit hours to reading your book, & if you’re querying, they need to hook agents enough to request the full MS.

Here are 3 elements your novel opening needs to do just that (a 🧵):