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Review of A Wingman for Christmas

This is the perfect book to curl up with a cup of coffee (or your favorite beverage) and take a break from your holiday preparations. It is also a good boost for anyone who isn’t quite in the holiday mood. After all, Cheryl isn’t even close to the holiday spirit. Although she and her siblings … Continue reading Review of A Wingman for Christmas →

3 Types of Story Stakes

This post first appeared on November 4, 2020. My apologies for rerunning it. The good news? I don’t have COVID. The bad news? Still sick and taking the day off. Back to our blog post for the day: As I work on developing my middle grade science fiction idea, I’ve been watching some of the … Continue reading 3 Types of Story Stakes →

Could Your Book Be a Book Club Pick?

Recently I read a post about having your book chosen for a book club. Written by agent Kristin Nelson for the agency blog, the post discussed the dreams of authors hoping to land a spot on a Big Name club like Reese Witherspoon’s or the Good Morning America book club. When clubs like these choose … Continue reading Could Your Book Be a Book Club Pick? →

Pause to Recharge

Recently a fellow writer tweeted that she just didn’t feel like getting more queries together or polishing her work-in-progress. What she felt like doing was taking a break. What would the rest of us advise her? My advice to her? Pause to recharge. Take the time you need to be ready to write. This doesn’t … Continue reading Pause to Recharge →

Necessary Layers: What’s Inside a Flower by Rachel Ignotofsky

I’m not going to lie to you. The first thing that I noticed about Rachel Ignotofsky’s What’s Inside a Flower were the illustrations. There is just something about the illustrations that remind me of folk art featuring flowers. As I read , I realized that there was more to the book than that. The text … Continue reading Necessary Layers: What’s Inside a Flower by Rachel Ignotofsky →

Happy Thanksgiving

For those of you who celebrate, I’d like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Take this time to recharge your creative battery. I have a lot to be thankful for in my writing life.  I have a manuscript due 12/23 and two rewrite requests coming “momentarily.”  I’m just hoping that each editor means something slightly … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving →

A Writer’s Gratitude

There are so many things that I’m thankful for as a working writer. This isn’t a ranked list but I now consistently put #1 at the top. 1. My health Just over a year ago, I developed a tendon problem in one wrist. I actually didn’t know or crochet for about 9 months. I was … Continue reading A Writer’s Gratitude →

Don’t Vaguepost When You Pitch

One of the hardest things to get right when we create a Twitter pitch or a query letter is the level of detail. Twitter pitches are limited to 280 characters. Queries need to come in under a page. When every keyboard click counts, it can be hard to tell what to include. As a result, … Continue reading Don’t Vaguepost When You Pitch →

Which Book Is #1?

Last week, my husband sent me an article about the Brooklyn Public Library celebrating it’s 125th anniversary. In celebration they took stock of the 125 most borrowed books. Not surprisingly, #1 was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. That is consistently one of my favorite books! Here are the top ten most checked … Continue reading Which Book Is #1? →

3 Things to Do When the Series Parameters Are Vague at Best

Earlier this week I started working on a new project. Admittedly, I hadn’t paid a lot of attention to the guidelines when I took the job. I was in the middle of another book and I knew the dangers of losing my focus. Suffice it to say that this one was giving me fits and … Continue reading 3 Things to Do When the Series Parameters Are Vague at Best →