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July 30, 2015
Team Writing: How to Coauthor a book
I recently received an intriguing e-mail. “How would you like to coauthor this book? Here is my idea based on a family-members life. You have the writing and organizational skills to pull this off. I’d really like to work with you again.” In spite of the compliments, I had to think long and hard before […]
July 29, 2015
Agents: Agent Looking for Writers
Brent Taylor of Triada US Literary Agency is looking for writers to represent. He is interested in both middle grade and young adult. Here are a few details. Middle Grade: Beautiful writing Fresh voice Strong sense of place Larger than life characters Fantasy that is humorous and intelligent Magical realism Realistic contemporary stories. A truly […]
July 28, 2015
Agents: Picking an agent for one-on-one critique
This fall, I’m one of the speakers at the Missouri SCBWI conference, September 25-26, 2015. My talk is the very first one since it helps orient new conference attendees to the experience. One of the things that I discuss with them is what to expect from their one-on-one critique sessions. One-on-one critiques are available at […]
July 27, 2015
Character Obstacles
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about using obstacles so that your character has to work harder to achieve her goal. You need to challenge your character with a plot problem that cannot be easily solved. By continually throwing obstacles in her bath you notch up the tension and keep the reader reading. […]
July 26, 2015
Agents: Agent not reading manuscripts
I hate it when I see an agent or editor closing to queries but, if it has to happen, making it temporary isn’t so bad especially if someone is getting caught up. Molly Ker Hawn just announced on the Bent Agency Blog that she is closed to queries until September 1, 2015 so that she can […]
July 23, 2015
Mole Meadow Anthology
Remember all of my lectures about retaining rights whenever possible. My most recent piece with Schoolwide is a lesson in why. Mole Meadow Anthology is one of the pieces that was first published in Young Equestrian Magazine way back in 1996. The olden days. Back then it was called “Mole Meadow Menagerie” and it was a bio of […]
July 22, 2015
Back Matter
500 words. Again and again that is the magic number that editors give when asked how long a picture book should be. Until recently it seemed like an impossibly small number for my picture book on prayer. But then an editor pointed out a simple solution. Get rid of the sidebars and put all of […]
July 21, 2015
Fiction: The connection between reading and empathy
Scientists are finding connections between what we read and how we interact with other people. Here are some of their findings: People who read fiction, and put themselves in the character’s shoes, are more empathetic than people who do not read fiction. This is because text can not only paint vivid pictures, it can also […]
July 20, 2015
Grammar
I love infographics for the ease with which they share information. Here is one on being a grammar nerd. There were a few surprises here for me — namely that publishing wasn’t in the top careers list but health was. Seriously? I had to laugh at how to tell your a grammar nerd. “Grammar nerds […]
July 19, 2015
Market Seeking Writers: Tiger Beat
Tiger Beat needs freelancers who love writing about pop culture for teens. Not sure if this market is right for you? Here are the questions that were posted: Can you rattle off the monikers of all four members of 5SOS? Do you know the ship name of bandmate beaus Rydel Lynch and Ratliff? Have you […]
