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My New Book, Part 2

Guess what just came?  My other new book — The Bombing of Pearl Harbor from Abdo.  That’s right.  Two books in a week.  Believe me.  This is not my typical week.  This is too much like Christmas.  My typical week more closely resembles controlled chaos. Speaking of chaos, I’m currently working on 3 different deadlines.  I […]

Agents: Approaching Agents

Now that I’ve found a pair of agents that interest me, I need to get my work ready to submit.  The manuscript itself is ready to go but that doesn’t mean I’m ready although I’m working to get to that point. First, I checked out the submissions guidelines for both the Bent Agency and the Prospect Agency. Each […]

Markets: Agents and editors seeking manuscripts

Have you visited Manuscript Wishlist yet?  One of my writing buddies pointed out this great market resource.  This site lists literally hundreds of agents and editors and what they want to receive.  Need an agent that represents only children’s books?  Or picture books?  Then this is the place to look.  You can search by: Agent/editor […]

Copyright: What do you know about Fair Use?

I just finished up the class on Copyright for Educators and Librarians (see video introduction above).  I wasn’t sure how they could stretch this topic into five weeks but now that I’ve taken the class I understand.  Copyright is an insanely complicated topic.  A lot of what we think we know is just plain wrong. For […]

My New Book

Happy Birthday to me!  Last week, my husband brought a bulky envelope into the the house. “Did you order something?” I hadn’t, but the package had that distinct feel.  Books!   I ripped it open and out slid 2 copies of 12 Incredible Facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Somehow I had missed the birth of […]

Researching agents and editors

If you don’t read the weekly “Rights Report” by Publisher’s Weekly then you should.  This weekly feature tells which agents have sold manuscripts to which editors.  Don’t shake your head at me.  This is a big deal.  This information isn’t as dated as most market listings.  It isn’t a laundry list of what someone might consider.  This is […]

Promoting Your Work: Create Infographics

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times.  “You have to promote your work.”  One way to do this is to offer a variety of materials to your readers.  Because I write so much nonfiction, I’ve been playing with the idea of creating infographics that teach about my various topics.  I could […]

Agents: Researching Agents

So, who have I chosen on the great agent hunt? Emily Sylvan Kim of the Prospect Agency.  Although the Prospect Agency lists everything from picture books to young adult novels, I was uncertain about submitting here because their market listings seem to discuss fiction.  There was nothing specifically about nonfiction.  But that’s why it’s a […]

Copyright: Using Creative Commons Photos for Your Blog

So far the single most useful thing that I’ve learned about in the copyright class is about the Creative Commons License.  Creative Commons creates a middle ground between reserving all rights to your work and giving them all away.  As explained on their site: “The Creative Commons copyright licenses and tools forge a balance inside […]

What I’m Working On: Flexibility

Just when I think I have my time planned out, I relearn the importance of flexibility.  To make this even funnier, I just started taking yoga.  Get it? Yoga.  Flexbility? In the past few weeks, I ‘ve had two jobs come my way. A new-to-me Education.com editor contacted me.  I am writing 17 education activities […]