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S4E6 || 4 Pitch Critiques || Author S. M. Freedman

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In today's episode, Kat critiques four pitches and then chats with Vancouver-based psychological thriller author S.M. Freedman about:

  • her new book, out today: Blood Atonement
  • the unlisted area in BC that helped inspire this story
  • her research on FLDS and psychological disorders
  • reaching out to people for personal experiences
  • nailing that first line
  • excavating your story
  • prologues
  • how to decipher your research and know what to cut and what’s important to the story
  • how training as a P.I. and in acting helped her understand the psychology behind people’s motivations
  • the submission process
  • what she’s working on next
  • pivoting from adult to YA
  • focusing on what you can control instead of dwelling on what you can’t
  • the querying process and what her experiences have been
  • the agent-author relationship
  • her excellent advice to authors of thrillers

    • S.M. Freedman can be found on her website at www.smfreedman.com. She is on Twitter @SMFreedman and Instagram @smfreedmanauthor.

    The article by Jane Friedman that Kat mentions is at https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-find-compelling-comps-for-your-book/

    Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

    If you're interested in being a guest on the show, please fill out this form.

    If you would like to submit a pitch for critique on the show, please fill out this form.

    Registration for the #MoodPitch Live Query Critique and #AskAgent Webinar with Emmy Nordstrom Higdon can be found on our website (SOON) at https://moodpitch.org/november2022-moodpitch-webinar-registration/. (If the link doesn't work it's because we are in the process of updating it with the registration information and link as soon as it's live; please check back in a few hours.)

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