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How to write a query letter

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Belinda CrawfordWriting

In a recent Ask Me Anything, I was asked by a first-time author how to write a query letter. Here’s my response. Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive guide to query letters, but it’s a place to start. To fine-tune […]

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Go Write That Good Book: Advice to new writers

August 12, 2019July 1, 2019 Belinda CrawfordWriting process
"Don't give up!!!" written in chalk on a blackboard.

Years ago, I came across a brilliant article by Jennifer Crusie. It was a writerly advice type article with a simple message, stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and write your book.  It’s excellent advice. Now, quit reading […]

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[D&B Vol. 1] Episode 006

December 19, 2018December 12, 2018 Belinda CrawfordDemons & Battleskirts

Tellamoth’s face darkened. ‘That’s not my name.’ ‘Do I look like I care?’ ‘You should.’ ‘Why?’ He said nothing, but anger worked his face, pulling the dark lines of his brows together and compressing his lips. The spell holding Byrne […]

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[D&B Vol. 01] Episode 005

November 21, 2018 Belinda CrawfordDemons & Battleskirts

The demon blood had stiffened on her battle tights. It flaked away in small patches, covering the cell’s wooden bench in spots of darkness every time she shifted. Her thighs hurt from laying on the hard surface, her hips and […]

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[D&B Vol. 1] Episode 004

October 18, 2018November 21, 2018 Belinda CrawfordDemons & Battleskirts

‘Sword Uthor!’ She barely heard Della yelling behind her, deliberately shut her ears to the power of her friend’s voice, to the command in the name she’d left behind when she’d stuck a knife in her own heart and launched […]

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[D&B Vol 01.] Episode 003

August 6, 2018November 22, 2018 Belinda CrawfordDemons & Battleskirts

Another lifetime. Another war they couldn’t win because her sister and Empress fell for the same pretty face. Suun had kept Nova alive long enough for the paramedics to find them. The woman and her partner had both had the […]

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Risking her life: Sue Parritt on Strong Female Characters

January 22, 2017July 19, 2019 Belinda CrawfordInterviews, Writing
Woman silhouetted by the setting sun, standing on a hill.

Sue Parritt is an Australian science fiction author. Her first trilogy tells the tale of a futuristic Australia ravaged by climate change, and racial oppression. BELINDA: Tell us about Sannah, what makes her strong? SUE: Sensuous, emotional and dramatic, Sannah, […]

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Brave, Vulnerable & Scared: Felicity Banks on Strong Female Characters

January 1, 2017January 14, 2017 Belinda CrawfordInterviews, Writing

Felicity Banks is the author of Heart of Brass a steampunk novel about a young women with a brass heart and a family obligation that’s interupted by a criminal conviction. BELINDA: Tell us about Emmeline, what makes her strong? FELICITY: […]

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Strange and peculiar things: An interview with Amie Irene Winters

September 2, 2016January 26, 2017 Belinda CrawfordWorld-building, Interviews
A young woman in a red dress crouching in a dark forest.

Amie Irene Winters is the author of Strange Luck, a fantasy series about a girl named Daisy and a secret realm that built on stolen memories. BELINDA: You’ve just released the second book in your Strange Luck series, The Nightmare Birds, tell […]

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On starcats, worldbuilding and cinematic storytelling

January 5, 2016January 26, 2017 Belinda CrawfordWorld-building, Interviews

This is a reposting of an interview I conducted as part of the launch of Leonie Roger’s second book, Frontier Resistance, and has been edited to reflect the growing list of Leonie’s published works. Starcats are the kind of animals that we […]

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