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ISO Ideas

Yesterday I mentioned how inspirational I found the Library of Congress Magazine.  Apparently I’m not the only one who finds inspiration in this library’s amazing collection.  Check out this post from Jann Alexander in which she discusses the inspiration she finds in the library’s print and photography collections. If you’ve never spent any time poking […]

The Library of Congress: Research and Idea Generation

I’ve just become aware of two amazing resources at the Library of Congress.  Or at least I’ve become newly acquainted. The first is a series of primary source sets and the second a especially helpful publication for idea generation, or at least that’s how it works for me. As many of you probably know, finding primary […]

The agent search continues

Now that I’ve turned in the Dakota Access Pipeline book, I’m getting ready to send another batch of queries to agents. Not that I want this to sound like I’ve queried 100s of them and been rejected all around.  I think that so far I’ve sent out about 5 queries so I am still in […]

Poetry Terms: A Few Key Words You Need to Know

April is National Poetry Month.  Whether you are a serious poet or just someone who dabbles like I occassionally do, this Writer’s Digest post includes thirty-seven key terms that will help you know what everyone else is talking about. Of course, if you are a serious poet, you probably know most of them. Rhyme, rhythm, […]

Author’s Bio: Three Tips for Combining Business + Fun

I think it may have had something to do with my mood when I got the message.  The e-sports book is heading into the final stages of production and they needed a bio now. At the best of times, I loathe writing my bio.  Loathe.  In this case, I had 3 – 4 sentences.  For Abdo, […]

Research: Organizing What You Find

I have to admit it.  When I numbered the items on my Dakota Access Pipeline bibliography, I expected it to top 200 by a comfortable margin.  But I only had 156 items.  It probably seemed like more than it was because I was a bit organizationally challenged on this book.  Yes, there were things I […]

Most Challenged Books of 2016

I’m betting that 99.99% of you have probably already figured out that I’m kind of wild for intellectual freedom.  Book banning drives me nuts. That isn’t to say that I’m against a parent saying “No, that book is a bit much for you” if the content is too emotionally advanced for their child.  After all, […]

Market Alert: The Innovation Press

 I know that many of us keep our eyes open for new markets so I was excited to read about The Innovation Press on Tara Lazar’s blog.  This small publisher is looking for manuscripts for readers K-5.  Does your work fit in this age range?  Then it doesn’t matter if it is a picture book, […]

You Can’t Please ’em All: Critiques, Editorial Feedback and More

Recently one of my students came to me with a worry about her manuscript.  How do you know when to accept good feedback (Love it!) vs bad feedback (This needs something more.)? This is a really tough issue.  Accept every comment as legitimate and you’ll be endlessly rewriting every manuscript you attempt.  You’ll never get […]

Deadline Dead Ahead

I’m doing hard copy edits on the book that’s due today. I have two more chapters and the backmatter to go.  This gizmo to the right has been my best friend. It is my mom’s typing stand.  Mom was a graduate of Miss Hickey’s Business School. She worked in accounting but, to my knowledge, she […]