Dear Gotham:

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am happy to announce that my debut YA fantasy novel. The Breakthrough (Arctic Wolf Publishers) was just published. I never could have done it without you.

Over the last two years I took several Gotham classes. In the online How to Get Published class, taught by literary agent Daniel Lazar, I learned how to write a query letter that really attracts attention. As soon as I made the changes he recommended, I started getting favorable feedback from agents. In fact, the back cover of my novel includes a few lines Daniel Lazar suggested.

In the ten-week online Children’s Book Writing class taught by Eric Kraft, I improved my writing by listening to the feedback from my fellow classmates and the instructor. It was so much fun that I was bummed when the ten weeks were over.

Now comes the hard part . . . marketing my novel. Of course I’ll turn to Gotham for help on creating internet buzz. My next class will be How to Blog. Thank you again.

Best,

Ann Tufariello