E.M. Anderson's Blog

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I think it, Aimee says it!!

Aimee Davis

Author’s Note: Today, I am going to talk about my #PitchWars book ALL HER WISHES specifically, but only as a way to address some swirling thoughts I’ve had about adult fantasy in general. For those who don’t know, my 2021 #PitchWars book ALL HER WISHES is a dual-POV, adult fairytale retelling told from the POVs of a selfish fairy godmother who hates her job but is trying to be good at it in order to save her best friend’s Destiny, and the villain (who ha...

Aimee Davis

Trigger and Content Warnings: This post will delve into my past so contains references to trauma/domestic abuse/childhood abuse. Also contains gaslighting/verbal abuse from a domestic partner. Very brief reference to potential infertility struggles (one sentence, vague reference).

Author’s Note: This is sort of a companion piece to This One where I talk about expanding the options available to readers of Adult SFF but focuses more on the YA/Adult Fantasy differences, why Adul...

Aimee Davis

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know I have sort of created a Brand around being transparent about how writing failures have affected me, usually in long threads that should be blogs. They weren’t blogs because in 2019 I shut this website down due to, well, a perceived failure.

I have always written about failure, even before anyone knew me for being that writer who writes about failure. I just didn’t have a platform then. Weirdly, I didn’t have a platform to talk about ...

Aimee Davis

Authors note: For those reading who might not be aware of what it is currently going on with the strike, please read HarperCollins Union’s press release and other info (including how to donate to the strike fund) at their LinkTree here. For purposes of this post, it should be understood that to “Stand in Solidarity with HarperCollins Union” as an agented author means that you have agreed to withhold submitting your book to any HarperCollins imprint until such a time as the bargain...

Okay so first of all I guess I should say that I’m now represented by Keir Alekseii of Azantian Literary Agency. I should probably actually say something like “I’m thrilled to announce” or “I’m over the moon” or similar, but honestly they all sound so weird and stilted and somehow understated (???) coming out of my mouth, or rather my fingers, since, y’know, typing.

The closest I came to an honest reaction while drafting my announcement thread for Twitter was “I am FUCKING DELIGHTED to announ...

Erin Fulmer Writes SFF

This summer, I burned out.

I touched on this in my post last week with a few brief paragraphs about why I’d disappeared from most of my online platforms. Part of me wanted to leave it at that, but even as I kept my personal update short, I knew I had more to say. After all, my goal with this blog is to be transparent about the realities of my writing journey, both ups and downs.

Burnout seems to be in the air at the moment. Multiple writers have mentioned to ...

Hello, friends, it’s been a hot minute since I posted original content, but I’m back in the querying trenches and having Thoughts about it.

But, like, sort of okay thoughts this time? If you kept up with my last two posts about querying, you know I was miserable in the trenches last time around and felt like there were a lot of things about querying that I was unprepared for. But after two years in the trenches, I know a lot more about what querying is actually like. Somehow, it’s not as hard...

I’ll be participating in this event now that I have preorder links! Thanks to Erin and Shoshana for putting this together.

Erin Fulmer Writes SFF

How did it get to be July already?! But I’m excited that it is, because July is #SelfPitch month! The brainchild of indie author Shoshana Rain with some coparenting from me, #SelfPitch is happening July 13 and 14 this year.

During July, I’m also trying to take it a little bit easy (she said, as she started a new project for Camp NaNo, jumped fe...