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Rejection: When I Refuse to Finish an Audio Book

I am a voracious reader.  Between print books and audio books, I have “consumed” something like 130 books so far this year. That said, every now and then I refuse to finish a book.  If I’m reading it for book club but don’t like it, I’ll skim it. But this past week, I’ve checked out […]

Graphic Novels: Why Schools Like Them and Using Theme to Make a Retread Newly Relevant

Working my way through the LibraryCon Live! sessions, I’ve been finding out about a variety of new-to-me graphic novels. (You can register and log in to view sessions  here.) Victor LaValle’s Destroyer is a Frankenstein’s monster story.  Some of the themes are true to the original (evil’s of science and environmental themes) while others are much more […]

Pitching Your Work

One of the Library.con Live! sessions that I’ve watched was a keynote with author Mariko Tamaki. If her name looks familiar, that isn’t surprising.  She is the author of the New York Times bestseller This One Summer. This particular graphic novel won Printz and Caldecott Honors in 2015 and received the Eisner for Best Graphic Album. […]

Free Online Conference

Are you interested in writing graphic novels, science fiction or fantasy?  Then check out LibraryCon Live! You can register here. If you are like me, a lot of free webinar’s just end up being annoying.  You sign up excited to learn about plot or picture books or magazine writing but all you get is an […]

RIP Stan Lee

id=“fb-root”>     Came back to my desk after lunch on Monday to see numerous posts on the death of Stan Lee.  Sadness. Three years ago, my husband and I took the MOOC “The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture.”  Led by the Smithsonian, it was offered through EdX and included guest […]

Cover Reveal

I love it when I find the cover for one of my upcoming books online.  This time, lucky writer that I am, I have two titles in the same series.  Abdo Publishing will release Animal Evolution early in January. For whatever reason, the cover for The Evolution of Mammals was posted about two weeks ago but I […]

Memoir: Defining What It Is

Since I agreed to critique a memoir, I decided it would be a good idea to brush up on what exactly a memoir is.  My first question was how does a memoir differ from an autobiography. An autobiography is birth to present (whenever it is written).  A memoir is a slice of that person’s life. […]

Unreliable Narrators

Yesterday I read a Writer’s Digest post about two truths and a lie. My own post has nothing to do with it but it is what led to my own post here. When many of us write, we stick to the straight and narrow.  Our protagonists are honest and always tell the truth.  Unless they […]

Setting: Luring Readers In Step by Step

Anyone who knows me knows that most of the time I’m reading one book and listening to another.  No, not at the same time.  Reading takes place in the evening.  And it is a print book.  The audio book is for when I’m rowing or doing handwork.  Rowing is a morning or afternoon activity.  Handwork […]

What to Do When Someone Else Just Published Your Book

Have you ever had one of those “oh poop” moments when you open up an e-mail announcing a new book and think “Oh, no.  That’s the story I’m working on?” There I was happily read blog posts when I popped open Susan Hawk’s blog and then I saw it.  “A Very Happy Publication Day for PENGUINAUT! […]