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Word Building and Setting Details

It seems like I’ve been seeing a lot of blog posts and articles on world building and setting.  Maybe it is just because, writing fiction, I am paying attention.  Which is possible.  It is definitely something that I am thinking about. There are so many things that you need to consider just in regard to […]

Read, Read, Read with Recommendations from Stephen King

If you are a writer, you need to be a reader.  Really, it is that simple. It is one of the best ways to learn how to write well.  You can study pacing, characterization, dialogue and more by reading. By reading what you write, you know what is being published now.  You know what has […]

Graphics: Sometimes They Work and Sometimes They Splat

Today I have a book due with Redline.  Easy, peasy mac-n-cheesy?  Nope.  Not even close. The problem is that I need to provide ideas for at least 2 graphics.  Yes, I pitched specific ideas in my outline.  But when I tried to find the details I needed to pull them together?  Old stats. Biased stats.  […]

Book Mobiles and National Library Week

Yesterday, April 10, was National Book Mobile Day.  I discovered the book mobile when I was a 5th grader at Frostfield in the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Several smaller districts had been folded into our district and students were bussed hither and yon.  Fifth and sixth graders went to Frostfield.  It felt like it was miles and miles from […]

Ideas: Where Do They Come From?

Recently I had a discussion with one of my students about prioritizing your writing ideas.  How is do you decide what to write now and what to put off until tomorrow? Or later.  Then someone else asked the question I dread . . . where do your ideas come from? That’s a tough one for me because […]

What Do Your Writing Rituals Looks Like?

Some people have a number of tried and true writing rituals.  Some people have very few.  I have two. One comes into play when I have a lot to do and I feel like I’m not making much progress.  I set a timer and write for 25 minutes.  Then I get up and either walk […]

Time to Vote: Crystal Kite Awards

If you are an SCBWI member, it is time to cast your vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.  For those of you who have not voted before, the Crystal Kites are voted on by your peers, fellow authors and illustrators.  There is an award for each of the SCBWI regional divisions worldwide. This is Round […]

Merry Christmas to Me! An Amazon Recommendation

Every now and again Amazon recommends a book to me and I think – why?  Why would you think that I would want to read that book? Today, my husband got an Amazon recommendation that really made my day.  “Perhaps you would like to buy this book.”  Merry Christmas to me! In case you don’t recognize the […]

Ghost Writing

Yesterday I stumbled across an interesting post by literary agent Janet Reid, “Ghosting Is Not Stealing, Unless It Is.”  For those of you who may not have heard about this particular issue, someone in the world of romance writing decided to make novel-writing easier.  She hired a ghost writer and supplied her with chunks of […]

Nancy Drew – Again

Just caught the trailer for the latest Nancy Drew remake on Youtube.  Gotta love people who didn’t grow up on Nancy Drew.  Okay, I mean men.  “What do you mean the latest movie?  I didn’t know they made one.” Yeah.  So if half the population can’t remember that it has been made into a movie […]