Fiction is sold to literary agents or publishers by query letters after the book is written and polished. It’s an exciting and heartbreaking process that leaves an overwhelming number of authors doubting their ability to string more than two words together. The sheer volume of rejection is staggering. If you’re a writer, and your query…
I’m not one for anniversaries—I struggle with feelings of loss—but this event five years ago felt like a lifeline. Something I never believed would come to me actually did, and it touched me profoundly. Five years ago today, my first novel, a late-middle grade mystery called Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve, became available for…
Author Chris Benjamin had nice things to say about Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve in Atlantic Books Today and I am so grateful! Through complex and diverse characters, Levangie weaves a complex and revealing tale, fully satisfying to the young reader hungry for mystery and adventure, but equally rewarding for wisdom-seeking adults. Kudos to Levangie…