Meera Trehan's guest appearances

Meera Trehan

Middle Grade Ninja

Queries, Qualms, & Quirks

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Middle Grade Author Meera Trehan joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss setting a contract with yourself for writing time, the ups and downs of writing conferences, finding friends through writing contests, harsh query rejections, leaving an agent, struggling with titles, how her greatest fear was her greatest strength, and using the waiting time to work on your craft. Meera Trehan grew up in Virginia where she read as much as she could, memorized poems, and ate enough cookies to earn the nickname “Monster” after the Cookie Monster. After attending the University of Virginia and Stanford Law School, she practiced law for over a decade before turning to writing for children. Her debut, the MG novel THE VIEW FROM THE VERY BEST HOUSE IN TOWN came out from Walker US/Candlewick in February 2022. Meera: Query | Website | Twitter | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound | Libro FM  Story by Robert McKee Steering the Craft by Ursula K Le Guin Tackling a Multi-POV Query Letter from Kimberly Vale   QQQ Home Base | Support on Patreon If links aren't clickable, find them here: https://bit.ly/qqqmeera This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.

Middle Grade Author Meera Trehan joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss setting a contract with yourself for writing time, the ups and downs of writing conferences, finding friends through writing contests, harsh query rejections, leaving an agent, struggling with titles, how her greatest fear was her greatest strength, and using the waiting time to work on your craft. Meera Trehan grew up in Virginia where she read as much as she could, memorized poems, and ate enough cookies to earn the nickname “Monster” after the Cookie Monster. After attending the University of Virginia and Stanford Law School, she practiced law for over a decade before turning to writing for children. Her debut, the MG novel THE VIEW FROM THE VERY BEST HOUSE IN TOWN came out from Walker US/Candlewick in February 2022. Meera: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15QjlHQyi94CGUr1_IUIBY9gcB3R1_ZlIjtelNQ6kTuI/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Query</a> | <a href="https://www.meeratrehan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/writemeera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3NxmPIl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781536219241" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781536219241?aff=72724" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://libro.fm/referral?isbn=%20%209780593607763&amp;rf_code=lfm164099" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Libro FM</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3NLWjeD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Story</a> by Robert McKee</li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780544611610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steering the Craft</a> by Ursula K Le Guin</li> <li><a href="https://kimberlyvaleauthor.com/2018/03/27/tackling-a-multi-pov-query-letter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tackling a Multi-POV Query Letter from Kimberly Vale </a></li> </ul> <a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QQQ Home Base</a> |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Support on Patreon</a> If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="https://bit.ly/qqqmeera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/qqqmeera</a> This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.

Middle Grade Author Meera Trehan and Falling Asleep on Page 75

Meera Trehan and I discuss writing from the perspective of a mansion in her new book, THE VIEW FROM THE VERY BEST HOUSE IN TOWN. We talk about how she discovered she wanted to write, her journey to becoming a published author, which included joining the SCBWI and getting serious about her approach, as well as the wisdom of STORY by Robert McKee. We also chat about how she amicably parted ways with one literary agent and found another, tips for drafting a novel, a flying saucer story, and so much more.Meera Trehan grew up in Virginia, outside Washington DC, where she read as much as she could, memorized poems, and ate enough cookies to earn the nickname “Monster” after the Cookie Monster. After attending the University of Virginia and Stanford Law School, she practiced public interest law for over a decade before turning to writing for children. Meera writes everything from picture books to young adult and her work has been published in various magazines. She’s an active member of SCBWI, the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, and has been a mentor for Pitch Wars and  Author Mentor Match.  She lives in Maryland with her family, and as of this writing, three fish. Meera is represented by Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support

Meera Trehan and I discuss writing from the perspective of a mansion in her new book, THE VIEW FROM THE VERY BEST HOUSE IN TOWN. We talk about how she discovered she wanted to write, her journey to becoming a published author, which included joining the SCBWI and getting serious about her approach, as well as the wisdom of STORY by Robert McKee. We also chat about how she amicably parted ways with one literary agent and found another, tips for drafting a novel, a flying saucer story, and so much more. Meera Trehan grew up in Virginia, outside Washington DC, where she read as much as she could, memorized poems, and ate enough cookies to earn the nickname “Monster” after the Cookie Monster. After attending the University of Virginia and Stanford Law School, she practiced public interest law for over a decade before turning to writing for children. Meera writes everything from picture books to young adult and her work has been published in various magazines. She’s an active member of SCBWI, the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, and has been a mentor for Pitch Wars and Author Mentor Match. She lives in Maryland with her family, and as of this writing, three fish. Meera is represented by Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency. --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support</a>