Hilary Harwell and Katherine Wessbecher – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2022
It’s July and that means we’re officially on the second half of the 12 x 12 challenge and the GOLD submission opportunities for 2022! Check out our July Featured Agent profiles below and decide who is the best fit for your work. Then read the guidelines on the forum as you prepare your submission. Be […]
Christine Van Zandt – How I Got My Agent
We’re thrilled to bring you Christine Van Zandt’s How I Got My Agent story! As a long time 12 x 12 member, we’ve been watching her work and put in the effort to be successful. We especially love how Christine trusted her gut in her agent search. We can’t express enough that it’s better to […]
12 x 12 June 2022 Good News!
It’s another month full of amazing accomplishments by 12 x 12 members! We have 13 new book releases for June! Plus, we get to announce more agent signings, more 12 x 12 books under contract, and more award winners! What a community we get to be a part of! If you have good news in […]
Larissa Elliott – How I Got My Agent
Go BIG! Larissa Elliott went BIG and it paid off! Her goal of 100 rejections meant she was always working to improve and perfect her craft. Larissa first felt a connection with her new agent through a 12 x 12 webinar and we love it when that happens! Congratulations, Larissa! We can’t wait to see […]
Melissa Koch – How I Got My Agent
Congratulations to Melissa Koch! Despite receiving rejection after rejection, she stayed the course and landed her perfect agent. If you’re wondering if getting an agent is ever going to happen to you, be encouraged by Melissa’s story. How long had you been writing before seeking an agent, and what made you decide it was time […]
12 x 12 May 2022 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our May check-in. May Featured Author Jenny Lacika is giving away a choice of a picture book critique or a signed copy of one of her books as a prize to our May check-in winner. And the winner is… MARIA BOHRER! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) […]
Elisa Boxer – 12 x 12 Featured Author June 2022
Hi 12 x 12ers! I’m so happy to be here with you. I joined 12 x 12 four years ago, and while so much has changed since then, one thing that hasn’t changed, at least for me, is a highly irregular writing schedule. I used to feel like a failure for that. No matter how […]
12 x 12 May 2022 Check-In!
I had every intention of writing a new draft this month. Then the tragic event in Uvalde happened – on my birthday no less – and I found I just couldn’t write. I wish I was the kind of person who wrote through tragedy, but I seem to be more of the “shut down” type. […]
12 x 12 May 2022 Good News!
WOW! You have been busy! There is SO MUCH going on in our May Good News post, it’s almost too much for one post! We have FOURTEEN new book releases, SEVEN new agent signings, TEN members with new books under contract, and NINE members who have won awards! Three 12 x 12 books were named […]
Charlotte Wenger and Adria Goetz – 12 x 12 Featured Agents June 2022
June brings bright, shiny, new submission opportunities for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Check out each agent’s guidelines on the forum as you prepare your submission. Then double check everything before you hit the send button. Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript […]
