I Dreaded Platform-Building, Until I Started Doing It

“The doing is the thing,” as Amy Poehler says.

Taru Anniina Liikanen

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Photo by Chang Duong on Unsplash

A couple of years ago, I was querying agents with a couple of different books.

If you’ve never queried, I’ll tell you right now it’s a job in itself. You spend days and days going through agency websites, Twitter and Manuscript Wishlist to double and triple-check you’ve…

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Taru Anniina Liikanen

Stand-up comedian and recovering political ghostwriter. Finnish by birth, porteña at heart. Bad jokes frequent.