Jami Sheets
@sheetsandink.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Events + Communications.
Surviving on the bitterness in my 🍺 and the strength in my ☕.
West Coast US, but the part without the blue sky.
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Surviving on the bitterness in my 🍺 and the strength in my ☕.
West Coast US, but the part without the blue sky.
@sheetsandink on the camera app
sheetsandink.com
Kudos for the good fight in those comments. I was particularly tickled at the insistence that a book no one has read could definitely be published and be written off as a little mistake.
What a goober.
What a goober.
August 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Kudos for the good fight in those comments. I was particularly tickled at the insistence that a book no one has read could definitely be published and be written off as a little mistake.
What a goober.
What a goober.
It's giving "They're intimidated by my large brain and that's why they won't sign me" vibes.
Query letters are literally designed to filter out people like this because who on earth would want to work with them???
Query letters are literally designed to filter out people like this because who on earth would want to work with them???
August 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's giving "They're intimidated by my large brain and that's why they won't sign me" vibes.
Query letters are literally designed to filter out people like this because who on earth would want to work with them???
Query letters are literally designed to filter out people like this because who on earth would want to work with them???
Yours looks like mine and I think we may be the only two doodlers on BlueSky. Everyone else is good at this stuff.
July 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yours looks like mine and I think we may be the only two doodlers on BlueSky. Everyone else is good at this stuff.
I am familiar with this problem myself! I tried writing a romance and it ended up more WF -- but I prefer it that way? But then I pitched it as a romance and everything went awry from there. The expectations of a "romance" is too constricting, especially as a debut.
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am familiar with this problem myself! I tried writing a romance and it ended up more WF -- but I prefer it that way? But then I pitched it as a romance and everything went awry from there. The expectations of a "romance" is too constricting, especially as a debut.
A few years ago, I was querying AND looking for a new senior level job. I have literally never been so depressed.
June 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A few years ago, I was querying AND looking for a new senior level job. I have literally never been so depressed.
Any minute (or day) now...
June 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Any minute (or day) now...
I would only notify agents who have the full IF I plan to undertake the revision. If you believe it will make you book stronger, it's worth losing your place in line (IMO).
I would not notify outstanding queries, only let them know you're revising if they ask for a full.
I would not notify outstanding queries, only let them know you're revising if they ask for a full.
June 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I would only notify agents who have the full IF I plan to undertake the revision. If you believe it will make you book stronger, it's worth losing your place in line (IMO).
I would not notify outstanding queries, only let them know you're revising if they ask for a full.
I would not notify outstanding queries, only let them know you're revising if they ask for a full.
Wait, where's the satire?
May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wait, where's the satire?
Oh god, same. The idea of completing something like nanowrimo at this point is laughable. But small word counts make books, too!
April 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oh god, same. The idea of completing something like nanowrimo at this point is laughable. But small word counts make books, too!