Lea Marie Ravotti

Mar 5, 2025 | taralazar.com | Jen Fier Jasinski |Lea Marie Ravotti |Tara Lazar

by Jen Fier JasinskiAfter only three months and six drafts writing SIDEWALK CHALK, I received a critique from a big-name agent that said: “I’m sorry to say that I am drawing a complete blank on how this might be improved.”I gasped. I danced. I queried that sucker. I got rejected for another three years and fifteen revisions. Ah, publishing. SIDEWALK CHALK breaks some rules. The most notable being that the manuscript is mostly illustration notes.