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Online Marketing: Who Has Time to Do It All?

Its no great secret.  I make my living as a writer.  Like a lot of writers, I find the vast array of possible online markting options overwhelming. I know one writer who edits anthologies, spends scads of time on Facebook.  She hosts events on Twitter as well as book give-aways on Goodreads.  I watch her […]

The Balancing Act that Is Nonfiction

Hopefully when you read this I’ll have a full draft done on my next book.  Hopefully.  I’m only about 1/3 of the way through my last chapter and my willpower is more like won’t-power at the moment. In this first draft, I do try to get everything in the right order but I don’t worry […]

Little Pickle Press Becomes March 4th

Little Pickle Press recently announced a name change.  The new name?  March 4th. Since the beginning, the mission of Little Pickle Press was to “create media that fosters kindness in young people and to do so in a manner congruent with that mission.”  Otherwise, to proceed in kindness and generosity of spirit to promote kindness […]

Comic Books in the Classroom

I’m a very visual person.  Because of this, I’ve always been a little surprised that I don’t like comic books and graphic novels more than I do.  My son believes its because I haven’t found the right graphic novels. “You like some of them a lot.”  And he’s right.  It either clicks with me or […]

The Anna Dewdney Read Together Award

When I heard in September that Anna Dewdney, author of Llama Llama,  had died of cancer, it really rocked me back.  Not only were we the same age, but my mother-in-law had given my son one of Dewdney’s books along with a recording.  Although she lived in another city, she wanted her grandson to hear her […]

Best Books: Who Votes for What?

Whenever someone announces book awards or puts out a best books list, I click.  Why?  Because I’m always interested by the differences in what people choose.  ALA awards go to literary books with broad appeal.  The National Book Awards go to books with headline appeal.  I’m still getting a feel for the books chosen by […]

Rewriting: Working from my Editor’s comments

About two weeks ago, I got a rewrite request from an editor.  She had some comments and would be willing to take another look at my manuscript.  I sent out a note saying I would make the changes and then put it off. In part, that was intentional.  I’m the kind of person who needs […]

Where Should You Focus: Marketing or Craft?

Where should you be focusing your energies and time as a writer?  Should you be working on craft or marketing? I’m going to tell you right now, my answer is not the popular one.  My favorite retreats and conference sessions have always been those led by my fellow writers and illustrators. I want to hear […]

Rough Draft: Word Count and Reading Level

I have a new contract with Red Line.  This one isn’t for  Abdo but Norwood Press.  The reading level is lower and the book is much shorter than the ones that I write for Abdo.  The elements present in each chapter are also somewhat different.  This means that I’m going to have to make adjustments […]

Voice: Capturing the Specifics

I’m 1/2 way through my scene outline for Iron Mountain and I have to admit that I’m getting jazzed.  I really want to get started writing this book!  But I’m going to have to do some work to recapture the voice. I started another draft of this novel something over a year ago.  I had […]