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June 15, 2017
Not Everyone Agrees: Culture Determines so Much
People seem to take a wide range of beliefs for granted. Some of them involve right and wrong ranging from the belief that everyone agrees on what is rig ht and wrong to the contrary idea that “we” are the only ones who have it right. Principals of science, food and so much more are matters […]
June 14, 2017
Rewriting: Cutting those Precious Scenes
“Be willing to kill your darlings.” In any other vocation, that advice would raise eyebrows but as a writer it is pretty straight forward. You have to be willing to cut excess verbage. And most of us don’t have any problem with that. We are perfectly willing to cut a word here or a phrase […]
June 13, 2017
What Kids Want
This past Saturday (June 10, 2017), I had the opportunity to hear about what kids like to read from a group of librarians. If you ever get an opportunity like this, take it! This group was especially valuable because both Jill Burkemper and Donna Mork Reed are writers. Burkemper is a grade school librarian […]
June 12, 2017
2017 Hornbook Awards
Although the award was announced at the end of May, I’ve yet to see a post on all three awards. So without further ado, the Boston Globe Horn Book awards for 2017 are: NONFICTION AWARD WINNER: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman (Godwin Books/Henry Holt/Macmillan). Sue here: I’m usually pretty good about […]
June 11, 2017
New Book: Coming In July
Take a gander at my latest book cover! Professional Gaming Careers comes out in July from Norwood Press. “Going head-to-head with a group of friends can be a lot of fun. But beating the best gamers in the world can lead to fame and fortune. The growth of E-Sports has put professional gamers […]
June 8, 2017
E-books vs Print
To more chapters to go on my rewrite, so today’s blog post is another infographic. This one is from Ebookfriendly and features the top reasons that readers in the UK gave for choosing a print book over an e-book. I’ve encouraged my son to buy print books next year when he starts college. Yes, they […]
June 7, 2017
World Reading Habits
As of Wednesday afternoon, I was half way through my rewrite – 4 chapters done and 4 to go. Woo-hoo! I took some time off to read a few blogs and found this oh-so interesting info-graphic. What did I find interesting? That 40% of American readers read print only. I have to admit that when […]
June 6, 2017
Workman Publishing Expanding
I love, love, love it when I see news that a publisher is expanding. Workman, an indie publisher of adult and children’s books is expanding their children’s list. Although the new hires who are going to help this happen have not yet been named, changes in terns of existing staff have been reported. Daniel Nayeri, […]
June 5, 2017
Writing Plans
I had a plan for the week. In fact, I posted about it yesterday. I even updated my to-do list and printed it out. Then I checked my e-mail. From: My publisher. Topic: DAPL, at last. One month after she told me she would send me the rewrite request, one week before I have another […]
June 4, 2017
The Rough Draft: Only Step 1
Today I am finishing the rough draft of the book on advertising. Or at least the rough draft of the main body of the book. I’ve got about half of the back matter roughed but I’m going to let the remainder wait. Why? Because the rough draft is only Step #1. In the rough draft, […]
