Middle Grade Author Esme Symes-Smith and the Million-Revision Unicorn

FEB 23, 202338 MIN
Queries, Qualms, & Quirks

Middle Grade Author Esme Symes-Smith and the Million-Revision Unicorn

FEB 23, 202338 MIN

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<p>Middle Grade Author Esme Symes-Smith joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss genre labels, the two-glass-of-wine query, how NaNoWriMo prepared them for publishing, inspiration from Tamora Pierce, waiting for the other shoe to drop, the fanfiction gateway, making excuses for yourself,</p> <p>Esme Symes-Smith grew up in the Southwest of England, got their degree in Literature and Creative Writing in Wales, and now lives in Missouri with their wife and furbabies. SIR CALLIE is their first novel.</p> <p>Esme: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r5qk40aXlHVYeiczOJg2FiWtS4sKborTt4w4-j0kjwI/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query</u></a> | <a href="https://esymessmith.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/EsmeSymesSmith"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3IgiZ4G"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780593485774"><u>Bookshop</u></a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593485774?aff=72724"><u>IndieBound</u></a> | <a href="https://libro.fm/referral?isbn=%209780593611630&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Libro FM</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/sarahnicolas"><u> Support on Patreon</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PsBGANsCzrm2Vut-vubEe3pLFx3RWMWK/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=117960902139688351428&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true"><u>Read the full transcript.</u></a></p> <p>If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="https://bit.ly/qqqesme"><u>https://bit.ly/qqqesme</u></a></p> <p>This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.</p>