WriteHive Mentorship Program
#HiveMentor
Jamie Krakover
Mentor Expertise: Traditional Publishing, Self-publishing, Indie Cooperative (Co-op Publishing)
She/Her/Hers
Mentor Bio
Growing up with a fascination for space and things that fly, Jamie turned that love into a career as an Aerospace Engineer. Combining her natural enthusiasm for Science Fiction and her love of reading, she now spends a lot of her time writing Middle Grade and Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy with Jewish and women in STEM characters and themes. Jamie is the author of Tracker220 a YA scifi and the forthcoming sequel Authority through Snowy Wings Publishing. In addition to her books through Snowy Wings, Jamie also has two female in STEM short stories published in the Brave New Girls anthologies and two engineering-centered nonfiction pieces that published in Writer’s Digest’s Putting the Science in Fiction. Jamie lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, their son, and their dog Rogue (after the X-Men, not Star Wars, although she loves both). When she isn’t being a Rocket Scientist by day and a writer by night, she can be found catching up on the latest sci fi TV, books, and movies as well as spending time on Twitter and Bluesky (maybe a little too much time :-P). And no, the rocket science jokes never get old!
Mentorship Expectations
Someone willing to work hard and consider feedback. The mentee does not need to take all feedback but does need to be willing to think through it. Someone who is kind and patient. I’m happy to do multiple rounds of edits or advice but I am a slow reader and have a full time job which can occupy large chunks of time. And if things go well I’d love to develop a long term partnership.
Manuscript Wishlist
MG & YA:
- Sci-Fi
- Fantasy
- Paranormal
I love just about everything about these genres but if you have questions on specifics feel free to reach out and ask questions.
Would love to see:
- STEM, especially women in STEM
- Jewish characters
- LGBTQ+
- OwnVoices
Not a fit:
- Absolutely no antisemitism, ww2/holocaust themes or anything related to the war between Israel and Hamas
- No horror
- I’m not the best for contemporary