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Author: Kristine Carlson Asselin

Kristine Carlson Asselin’s published works include sixteen nonfiction books with both Capstone Press and Abdo Publishing for the school library market. In addition, her debut Young Adult novel ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT came out in April 2015 from Bloomsbury Spark and has recently been rereleased in paperback from Wicked Whale Press. Her debut Middle Grade novel THE ART OF THE SWAP (co-authored with Jen Malone) is due out from Simon & Schuster/Aladdin in February 2018. She critiques queries and query packages as the Query Godmother, @QueryGodmother. You can chat with Kris on twitter at @KristineAsselin as well as her alter ego @QueryGodmother, where she tweets query tips and suggestions. Her website is www.kristineasselin.com and you can find out more about ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT here: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/any-way-you-slice-it-9781619637832/

How Memory Can Inspire Fiction

April 2, 2019 Kristine Carlson Asselin

This is what Wikipedia says about Memory: Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. Memory

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Interview: K.R. Conway of Wicked Whale Publishing

February 5, 2019 Kristine Carlson Asselin

I am thrilled to be here on Writers’ Rumpus today interviewing my friend K.R. Conway. For those who don’t know her, Kate (who publishes under

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Book Birthday for THE ART OF THE SWAP

February 13, 2018 Kristine Carlson Asselin

I’m thrilled to be at Writers’ Rumpus on the Book Birthday for THE ART OF THE SWAP, and so happy to be sharing the day

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Perseverance

November 22, 2016 Kristine Carlson Asselin

Perseverance. It might be my favorite word. I’ve blogged about it before, here (talking about querying) and here (talking about rejection). Recently, one of my

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Show Me!

March 25, 2016 Kristine Carlson Asselin

I’m often asked to present my workshop on the differences between “showing” in your writing vs. “telling” in your writing. I thought I’d share some

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How Many Queries Does it Take to Get an Agent?

April 24, 2015 Kristine Carlson Asselin

The query letter. It’s something that strikes fear in the heartiest of us. Asking a stranger if they want to review the book of your

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The Truth About Twitter Contests

January 24, 2014 Kristine Carlson Asselin

Thank you to the lovely writers at Writers’ Rumpus for inviting me to share my thoughts about Twitter Pitch Parties and Contests. I’m by no

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