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Illustrating Children's Books by author/illustrator J.H. Everett and Studio 5 (part 2)

The Illustrators of Studio 5 join us for a three-part series on Demystifying Illustration. Their second discussion focuses on "Storyboarding and Storytelling."

Illustrating Children's Books by author/illustrator J.H. Everett and Studio 5 (part 1)

The Illustrators of Studio 5 join us for a three-part series on Demystifying Illustration. First they discuss "Plussing the story."

Refining Your Craft with Each Book by author Janette Rallison

What a treat to welcome career author Janette Rallison to WriteOnCon! I've met Janette--though I'm sure she doesn't remember--and she is fabulousity in the flesh. Today she's here to dish about having staying power in the publishing industry.
Staying PowerI used to think that having a book published was some sort of approval stamp of my writing ability—like having stores carry my novel meant I had mastered the craft.  Ah, what charming naiveté I had back then.

Truth be told, I knew very little ...

Give Yourself Permission by editor Molly O'Neill

Welcome to WriteOnCon, Molly O'Neill, an associate editor with Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books. She is a force to be reckoned with on twitter, where I stalk, er, follow her delightful insights into the publishing world. She's here today to motivate you to give yourself permission.
Give Yourself PermissionWelcome to WriteOnCon!

If this were an in-person conference, you'd probably be drinking really bad hotel coffee right now, listening to microphone checks, si...

Welcome Keynote by author Josh Berk

We are kicking off WriteOnCon with an inspiring (and highly entertaining) keynote from author Josh Berk. Josh's debut novel, THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN (Knopf) was published in February 2010 and his second book is scheduled for release in Spring of 2011.

Myths and Misconceptions by literary agent Holly Root, and editors Molly O'Neill and Martha Mihalick

Have you always wondered what agents and editors are REALLY thinking? Tune into this amazing Q&A session with literary agent Holly Root and editors Molly O'Neill and Martha Mihalick. Don't miss this fascinating inside look at publishing!

Please note: We've posted this discussion in two parts due to it's length, but believe me you'll want to watch the entire thing. Enjoy!

P.S. Special thanks to Holly's husband Jon Root for his mad vlog editing/moderating skills.

Tell the Truth Tuesday: The WriteOnCon Edition

Truth #1: We're exhausted and quasi-terrified of moderating the livestream workshops on Wednesday and Thursday.

Truth #2: I know you're sick of hearing it, but WriteOnCon is made of win. Please go check it out today! We promise you won't be disappointed.

Truth #3: My favorite moment of Entourage this season so far is when Jeremy Piven referred to LiLo as Blohan. Awesome.

Truth #4: This might be one of the most informative publishing vlogs of all time. Check it out here.

Truth #5: Joanna Volpe is ...

WriteOnCon is here!!! (Well, almost...)

Well, we've got a REALLY busy week ahead of us with the awesomeness that is WriteOnCon. Have you registered? Have you seen the final schedule? Have you entered Joanna Volpe's awesome query critique contest? And even if you're not ready to query, you really should go follow the super amazing Coffey. Tea. And Literary blog because they've got all kinds of great info for aspiring writers over there AND they just announced a fabulous new deal for one of our favorite writers on the planet Shelley...

Launching WriteOnCon with a BANG - Query contest with Joanna Volpe

WriteOnCon is quickly approaching and we hope everyone is as excited as we are to dive in. We've have been completely blown away by all of the amazing content we've received from agents, editors and writers and we can't wait to share it with all of you!

In the meantime, one of our star panelists, über agent Joanna Volpe of Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation, has generously offered to get this party started with a mega query critique contest. And some of you (ahem) have some new and i...

The Bookanistas: YOU WISH an interview with Mandy Hubbard

This week we'd like to welcome the amazing Mandy Hubbard to the Bookanistas! Mandy is the author of Prada & Prejudice, You Wish, and five other to-be-published novels for teens. She is also a literary agent for D4EO Literary, where she represents authors of middle grade and teen fiction. You Wish is her second novel and it releases today.

Naturally we had some very serious questions for her....

1. Tell us about your book in 140 characters or less.
Kayla's Sweet Sixteen Bites. She wishes all of h...