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November 2, 2015
Interior Dialogue
“What does your character think about what just happened? What does he feel?” This is one of those questions that I hate getting from a critique partner. I hate it because 99% of the time I know the answer and I think the information is in the story but my reader just doesn’t get it. […]
November 1, 2015
Markets: Fun for Kids
I’ve yet to break into the Fun for Kids magazine group but there is always hope especially now that the 2016 themes are listed on their site. If you aren’t familiar with this magazine group there are three magazines — Hopscotch for girls, Boys’ Quest for boys, and activity-driven Fun for Kids. This publisher only wants […]
October 29, 2015
Brainstorming via mem
I love looking at the various mems my friends post on Facebook. Okay, not the political ones so much but the funny ones, the historic ones, and the “what would you…” variety. They are wonderful opportunities to brainstorm story ideas. What magical power do you posess? What superpower? What supernatural ability? Those are all great opportunities […]
October 28, 2015
I’m a Real Boy . . . I Mean Writer
Last week we had parent teacher conferences. I’d love to say that I behave myself but occasionally I get bored. This normally happens when a teacher is droning on about the importance of writing. Honey, you’re preaching to the choir. I get it. This particular teacher had been discussing the importance of the research paper […]
October 27, 2015
Mind the details
One of the blogs that I like to read is about selling your work to Woman’s World magazine. Recently I read a post about how the details in a specific story convinced her that the writer knew what she was talking about in terms of running a flower shop that supplies bouquets and the like […]
October 26, 2015
Researching Publishers
Last week I saw a market report on a new-to-me publisher. The genres that they described are those I love but I didn’t know a single thing about this publisher. Honestly, I wasn’t even sure if they were a children’s publisher. I Googled their name and took some time poking around their site and I’m […]
October 25, 2015
Picture Book Idea Month
While I do not NaNoWriMo, there is another November challenge that I participate in every year — Picture Book Idea Month or PiBoIdMo. The goal for PiBoIdMo is to come up with 30 picture book ideas throughout the month of November. Ideally, you come up with one a day. Ideally. I don’t think that I’ve […]
October 22, 2015
Antagonist vs Villain: Which are you writing?
Which type of character are you creating for your story? Before you can answer, you need to know the differences. When I hear the word villain, I think of an old-fashioned, cartoon baddy. Mustache-twirling. Skulking in the shadows. It can be hard to pull off a villain because they often come across as two-dimensional. But […]
October 21, 2015
Agents: A Bit More Research
About two weeks ago, I took one of my three agent query letters to critique group to get some feedback. As always my writing buddies had some great ideas. Thank you! Then I realized that with this one letter, I had done something a bit different. In all three letters, I had told the agent […]
October 20, 2015
Family Story Time: Learning about Your Audience
Last week, our church sponsored a Family Story Time for the families at our preschool. If you’re a picture book writer, you need to find something like this so that you can spy. First I watched the kids while Julie read a book about a wild romp through the house — Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by […]
