Author Archives: Britnie Jenkins

I did it! I finished writing my second book! Coming in at 85,162 words, the first draft of my fantasy novel is complete! Although I use “complete” very loosely, because if you’ve been following along, you know that there is actually quite a bit of work that needs to happen.  But the point was toContinue reading “Entering my revision era.”

I’m not sure if you remember, but several posts back, I mentioned that sometimes, something out of the blue happens that provides me with the encouragement I’ve been needing?  Well, that happened this past week. I was randomly scrolling through Twitter (I refuse to call it X), and I saw that there was a pitchContinue reading “Pitch Events.”

Well, well, well.  I told you there would be many parts to this series.  Currently, since I’ve restarted pitching in 2024, I’ve pitched to a total of 23 agents. (My total count since I first started querying in 2018 is 70.)  Actually, let’s go over some of my current 2024 query stats. Agents Pitched: 24Continue reading “Rejection. Part 3.”

I had some extra PTO to use before it resets next month, and I decided to use it to recharge and refill my creative well. If you read last week’s post, you’ll know that my summer got a little away from me. By taking a few days off, I was able to really block outContinue reading “70,000 words.”

How’s your summer been? Mine’s been busy, and honestly, a little stressful. From a girls’ trip to Arkansas, to a tennis injury, to outdoor musicals, concerts, and to one unfortunately high plumbing repair bill, I haven’t had much time to sit down and rest–let alone write. Even with Friday afternoons off, I feel like IContinue reading “Hello, again!”

Does anyone else feel like once May hit, their calendars just exploded? Or is it just me?  I don’t know what it is about summer, but I feel like I’m ten times busier than I was the first few months of the year–and that’s with having flexible summer hours for work. Maybe there are justContinue reading “Ah, summertime.”

Unfortunately, the “Rejection” posts are going to turn into a series.  I received another agent rejection from one of the agents I pitched to at the conference. This leaves us with just one agent that I haven’t heard back from.  This part doesn’t get easier.  It still stings when I open an email and findContinue reading “Rejection. Part 2.”

After giving you all so much good news, eventually one of my updates was going to be a bit of a downer.  I heard back from one of the agents I pitched to at the last conference—this was the agent who had requested the full manuscript of Veritas—and she decided to pass on Veritas. WhileContinue reading “Rejection.”