Getting My YA Novel Query-Ready | Project Star Updates, Comp Titles + AI Protection

Project Star is officially entering its next era: getting ready to QUERY. ✨ In this Preptober author update, I’m sharing where Project Star stands after my latest round of revisions, what I’m doing next to prepare for querying literary agents, how I’m researching agents and recent comp titles, and something I think more writers should be talking about — protecting our creative work in the age of AI. (Yes, that's an em dash. You can pry it from my cold dead hands!) In this video, I talk about: -Working through illness as a creative -Preparing a YA science-fiction novel for querying -Finding and researching literary agents -How I’m approaching comp titles -How I’m protecting my novel from AI -Keeping years of drafts, outlines, notes, worldbuilding, and other records of my creative process -And what comes next as I work toward querying Project Star in 2027 If you're also writing a novel, preparing to query literary agents, working through revisions, or trying to build a sustainable creative life in the age of AI, I hope you'll come along for the journey. ❤️ Subscribe for more writing updates, querying, YA fantasy & science fiction, author life, worldbuilding, and the very real process of taking a book from draft to submission. #AuthorTube #WritingCommunity #Querying #WritingA Novel #YANovel #Preptober