Meet Author Jodie Wolfe To Claim Her Heart

Meet Jodie Wolfe, author of:

To Claim Her Heart

In 1893, on the eve of the great race for land, Benjamin David prays for God to guide him to his 'Promised Land. Finding property and preaching to the lost are his only ways of honoring his deceased fiancée. He hasn't counted on Elmer (Elsie) Smith claiming the same plot and refusing to leave. Not only is she a burr in his side, but she is full of the homesteading know-how he is sadly lacking.

Obtaining a claim in the Cherokee Strip Land Run is Elsie Smith's only hope for survival, and not just any plot, she has a specific one in mind. The land's not only a way to honor her pa and his life, but also to provide a livelihood for herself. She's willing to put in whatever it takes to get that piece of property, and Elsie's determined to keep it.

Her bitterness is what protects her, and she has no intentions of allowing that preacher to lay claim to her land . . . or her heart.

If you LOVE a great western romance filled with humor, then To Claim Her Heart is for you!

Jodie writes with sass, plenty of historic details (this really hones in on the quest for land), and romance so sweet you won’t need cookies with your tea.

She was bitten by the writing bug as a young girl after reading and watching Little House on the Prairie. She loves writing stories about feisty heroines and strong, godly heroes. The power of story to influence lives and change hearts is what motivates her to weave tales that tell of the Savior's faithfulness and forgiveness. Her books provide history, hope, laughter and happily-ever-after. When not writing she enjoys spending time with her husband, reading, walking and being a Grammie.

Stop FB and visit Jodie: https://www.facebook.com/jodie.wolfe.1

How NOT to Get an Agent Linda S. Glaz

What on earth do agents want? Writers stumble through the motions as they do their best to guess what an agent is looking for. The answers are pretty simple if you know where and how to look. Learn from the mistakes of others: how NOT to get an agent.

First and foremost, don’t allow your work ethic to identify you as an amateur.

Agencies provide needed information

·         they generally outline exactly what they want

·         what they don’t want

·         exactly HOW to approach them

Agents outline their preferences

·         their sites should let you know what genres they handle

·         how they prefer to be queried

·         what they DO NOT want to see

Making professional contact need not be painful

·         DO NOT

-approach inappropriately

     -bathrooms 
DID SOMEONE REALLY DO THAT???? YES....not a good idea!!!

     -by mail if they tell you email only

     -stalking
AUTHOR STALKERS? Again...bad idea

     -GOD TOLD ME, this that and the other

Then what do I do?

·         ELEVATOR pitch, have it ready

·         DO NOT assume your writing is so wonderful that they will want to start looking at fantasy (any genre they specifically say they don’t handle) just because YOU wrote it, and think it’s better than Gone With the Wind

·         If they handle only e-submissions, don’t send a giant print copy to their homes

·         Don’t be cutesy!!!!

·         Give them time to evaluate the work before following up

Be pleasant, accept no if that’s the answer, and be sure to send a thank you.

            Believe it or not, agents WANT you to succeed. They want to be able to say yes.

          They are looking for new authors, but being professional and sending EXACTLY what they ask for shows them you will be awesome to work with, and all agents long for a dream client. If they ask for New Time Roman, 12 pt, which is standard, then don’t send something else. Show them your professional side and keep it neat and to the point.

          Be respectful of their time. They look at dozens or more proposals every day. Stand out in the crowd by knowing what to do and how to do it.

If you ever have any questions that I can help with, feel free to contact me:

linda@hartlineliterary.com

Copyright: Linda S. Glaz, 2014

Blow Out the Candles and Say Goodbye New Release!

Blow Out the Candles and Say Goodbye just released! And there are some great ops for saving money.
There's a giveaway on Goodreads starting today and running through Dec. 20th. Two print books are available.
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Imagine your five-year old at a birthday sleepover. Imagine all the girls disappear.

As five-year old girls disappear from birthday parties year after year across the U.S., the sister of victim number one is thrown into the kidnappers’ path when she moves to the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan ten years after her sister is kidnapped. There, she finds it’s not only candles that light up the trusting, rural community.