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September 27, 2017
Why I Write What I Write
Why do I write what I write? The answer varies according to what my focus is at the moment. I’ve written for the horse loving kid I once was. I written for the young reader who just wants to find a great book. I’ve also written for the kid who loves to work with their hands. […]
September 26, 2017
Side Bars: Bite-Sized Chunks of Info
I’d love to say that I finished a whole chapter today. That would sound really impressive. And I thought I would manage to pull it off when I saw how few comments my editor had on my chapter. Seven. You should be able to pop through seven comments lickety split. Pfft. What I hadn’t realized […]
September 25, 2017
Banned Book Week
Somehow it had completely slipped my mind that this is Banned Book Week. This is a week of reading promoted by the American Library Association in order to make people aware how often people attempt to censor or ban books. A book ban can come from any political or religious group. People challenge books that […]
September 24, 2017
Write your Novel: Find a Way to Encourage Yourself to Work
How do you urge yourself to write? Often we consider this a problem for part-time writers. These people have other jobs or full-time commitments and have to work writing into found moments. But it can also be a problem for the full-time writer. Most of us are great at meeting deadlines but not so great […]
September 21, 2017
Writing Time: Standing Firm about Your Work Time
If you read my blog on a regular basis, you probably realize that this how I make my living. I write. But that also means that to make my living I need to . . . can you guess? If you were going to say “write,” you got it in one. Unfortunately, writing requires time […]
September 20, 2017
Writing Nonfiction for Children: Selecting the Right Word
For just over a week now, my family and I have had a visitor hanging out in our back yard. My husband spotted this monarch chrysalis hanging on the back of the house. This morning, I wandered outside just in time to see it . . . hatch. . . emerge? What exactly do you […]
September 19, 2017
12 Writing Books: 6 Books Librarians Recommend and 6 of My Favorites
Whenever I come across a list of must read writing books, I skim through it to see what I might discover. So it’s not surprise I clicked through to read the list Terri Frank composed for a DIY MFA blog post. When asked a variety of questions, the librarians queried each recommended a book. Here […]
September 18, 2017
Middle Grade vs Chapter Book
Last week I blogged about where middle grade novels fit into the “book with chapters” spectrum. On one end, you have chapter books. Chapter book readers have just mastered reading on their own. Because of this, sentence structure is straight forward. Internal dialogue is kept to a minimum. You have a plot and no […]
September 17, 2017
Free to Use and Reuse: Library of Congress Material in the Public Domain
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Library of Congress, it is a true treasure hoard. The Library is the largest world library. The largest! It contains millions of books, newspapers, manuscripts, photos, maps, recordings and more. More and more of the Library’s holdings are digitized and placed online every year. These […]
September 14, 2017
Looking for an Agent
Are you looking for an agent? One of the best ways to find out what agents want is to explore the hashtag #MSWL on Manuscript Wish List Day. The most recent #MSWL Day was Tuesday, 9/12. I have to admit that I started out with good intentions. Since it was Tuesday, I didn’t have yoga […]
