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March 24, 2016
People Your Books with Plausible Characters
Nothing pulls me out of a story faster than a character who acts or speaks in a way that isn’t believable. The absolute worst are male characters who do something or say something that just doesn’t ring true. And, when this happens, the author is always female. Always. Most recently, I was listening to an […]
March 23, 2016
New Editorial Director at Sky Pony Press
Bethany Buck, who has worked at both Scholastic and Simon and Schuster, joins Sky Pony Press as their new Editorial Directory. Sky Pony, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, produces children’s books including picture books to middle grade and young adult. One area of success has been their books for Minecraft lovers. They currently have a backlist […]
March 22, 2016
Censorship: What It Is and What It Ain’t
Recently, I read an interesting post on YA Interrobang, a site that helps connect YA readers with the latest and greatest YA books. It seems that they have decided not to cover a particular book. Why? It is book #2 in a series. Book #1 was about a date rape with the rapist as the […]
March 21, 2016
Quit or Write
When you are struggling to write and things just aren’t coming together, do you take a break or push through? I tend to push on through but based on what happened last week I still can’t decide if that’s good or bad. I’ve been working on an article for several weeks now. The subject […]
March 20, 2016
What kids are reading…
On March 2, 2016, An American Book Sellers Association Panel discussed books that resonate with young readers. You can read the entire Publisher’s Weekly article here but I’ve listed some of the highlights below. Hannah Lambert at Little Simon (books up to age 8) reports that they have good luck with nonfiction that tells a story. […]
March 17, 2016
Summer Reading List: AKA Watch Me Try to Make Up My Mind
Breaking News for PAL* Members: SCBWI is creating PAL Summer Reading Lists! Fifteen regional lists (the same regions used for Crystal Kites) will be created and divided by grades and within the grades, genres. These lists will be beautifully designed, then marketed and publicized to schools, libraries, bloggers, and more. Look for a special invitation […]
March 16, 2016
Research: Why We Need to be Careful Using Fiction as a Source
As I prepare to write my first piece of historical fiction, I’ve been doing a lot of reading. Not only am I reading about The Cold War and the 1970s, I’m also reading about how to write historical fiction in general and historical mysteries in particular. Again and again, I see the recommendation that movies […]
March 15, 2016
Writing a Proposal vs Writing the Whole Book
One of the topics at last Saturday’s Missouri SCBWI workshop was the book proposal. I have to admit that although I know what goes into a proposal, I’ve never written one. The purpose of a proposal is to get a contract, and quite possibly an advance, without having to write the entire book first. The […]
March 14, 2016
Rewriting with an Editor or Agent
Last weekend, I attended a writing workshop about using Skype and writing nonfiction proposals. Part of the Skype session included Skyping with an Lori Kilkelly, an agent at Rodeen Literary Management. She answered a series of questions including how a writer should respond when an editor asks for an impossible change in a rewrite. Lori […]
March 13, 2016
Guess what came in the mail?
Friday, I got a package in the mail from Abdo — yay me! Black Lives Matter came out in November of 2015. I’m not sure why this one took so long to arrive since Abdo has always been pretty prompt before now. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it is […]
