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February 5, 2017
Submit Smarter, Not More Often: How to Increase Your Writing Income
If you’re anything like me, you’d love to earn more writing income. Although I make my living as a writer, I’m to the point that I’d really like to make a “good” living as a writer. In her newsletter Funds for Writers, Hope Clark recently told readers about a new approach that I’m going to try […]
February 2, 2017
Online Housekeeping
Not long ago, one of my writing buddies reminded all uf us to change the copyright dates on our web pages. With the New Year, they all needed to be updated to 2017. It took me a few days, but I finally got around to it. First things first, I was shocked to realize my […]
February 1, 2017
The Fuzzy Barrier Between Pre-writing and Recharging
When I set goals for myself, I have a tendency to over do it. Let’s just say that my t0-do list has a tendency to look like a six year-olds Christmas list. Most weeks it is two plus columns long. More often than not, I’m working on multiple projects at a time. This week I’m […]
January 31, 2017
TED: Learning about Story
Most of you already know that I’m something of a TED Talk fan. TED talks were originally about Technology, Education and Design. They have expanded and cover just about every topic you can imagine including story. Here are some of my favorites that, as fellow writers, you might find interesting. Sisonke Msimang’s talk on the […]
January 30, 2017
The Storyboard: The Best Way to Outline Your Picture Book
For about two weeks now, I’ve been researching a new picture book tentatively titled “Cave Below.” No, I didn’t do all of the research in two weeks. This one has been rattling around in my head for a couple of years. I just finally got serious and decided to get it done so I’ve been […]
January 29, 2017
#MSWL: One Tool to Help You Find an Agent
Do you wish you had a crystal ball that would tell you what potential agents really want to see? If you have a Twitter account, you do. All you have to do is search #MSWL. If that doesn’t look familiar, it should. It stands for Manuscript Wish List. Agents and editor use this tag to help […]
January 26, 2017
Ten Minutes a Day: When You Don’t Have Time to Write, Part 2
About two weeks ago, I blogged about not being able to find time to work on two new projects — a novel called Iron Mountain and a nonfiction picture book about a cave. Since then, I’ve worked on these projects 10 minutes per day, Monday through Friday. Has that little amount of time been worth […]
January 25, 2017
Manuscript Tracking: How Fancy Do You Get?
Way back in the olden’ days, translation: the early 2000s, I had some spiffy manuscript tracking software. It was written by someone in my critique group and had fields for manuscript title, editor/agent, and publisher/agency. It also pinged mercilessly to remind you when you needed to follow up on something. Unfortunately, my friend decided that […]
January 24, 2017
Agents: The Great Agent Search, Who Wants What and How to Pitch
I currently have queries out to two agents. They’ve had my work for almost a week and my patience is waning. Yep, I’m a total three year-old that way. I’m pitching Puke-ology (chapter book nonfiction) and am eager to get a pitch out to another agent who represents picture books. But wait! I […]
January 23, 2017
ALA Announces 2017 Winners
Monday, January 22, 2017, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the latest winners of their much coveted awards. Without further ado, here is the list of winners and honors books with a few comments. John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: Medal winner: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill […]
