The time has come. You’ve prepared your pitch. You’ve practiced it until you’re as comfortable as you can get. You’ve got your outfit picked out, and you’ve checked yourself to make sure you’re well put together. Now it’s time for you to go check in for your appointment. Be sure you do this 10-15 minutes early. If you aren’t there one time, you may find your appoinment gone if/when you get there.
It’s been said before, and it can stand repeating. [...]

All right, you’ve written your pitch and you’re practicing it to make sure you’re comfortable with talking about your story. Next up, there will likely be questions passed between you and the agent/editor that you should be prepared for.
~Provide more detail on the project you are pitching. This is not a chance for you to go off on a tangent about all the little things that happen in your story. This is a time for you to expand on [...]

Brace yourself, this is a long post. I think it’s because I have no voice so I can only talk through the written word at the moment. Actually, there’s a lot of information to cover on this topic. Because of that, I’ll end up doing a few blog posts about this. I hope you’ll come back and chat with me about this.
Conference season is approaching. Editors and agents are on board for taking pitch appointments. Authors are eagerly and anxiously [...]