400 Words Exactly

Last week, marked the 400th posting and one-year mark for the Revision Notes blog.
To celebrate, watch for these “400″ postings this week

Best of Revision Notes: Links to the most popular postings of the last year.
400 Comments: Please Help me celebrate by collecting 400 comments by Friday!
400 Words Exactly: Writing Long sentences–here’s my [...]

400 Comments

Last week, marked the 400th posting and one-year mark for the Revision Notes blog.
To celebrate, watch for these “400″ postings this week

Best of Revision Notes: Links to the most popular postings of the last year.
400 Comments: Please Help me celebrate by collecting 400 comments by Friday!
400 Words Exactly: Writing Long sentences–here’s my [...]

Celebrate 400: Best of Revision Notes

Last week, marked the 400th posting and one-year mark for the Revision Notes blog.
To celebrate, watch for these “400″ postings this week

Best of Revision Notes: Links to the most popular postings of the last year.
400 Comments: Please Help me celebrate by collecting 400 comments by Friday!
400 Words Exactly: Writing Long sentences–here’s my [...]

5 Tips on Revising with Editors

Hurrah! You’ve got a contract for that novel or picturebook, and now, you receive a revision letter.
What? A revision letter after the contract? Yes. While the stoy is great and the editor loves it, there are probably minor things to take care of at this point.
Revising with an Editor

Relax and enjoy [...]

5 Tips for Revising on Spec

You’ve just gotten an exciting email or letter–an editor has suggested revisions to your story.
Revising on Spec
Unless the editor is backing up this suggested revision with a contract, you will be revising “on spec,” on the speculation that this suggested change will bring the story up to a level where a contract can be offered.
This [...]

10 Things That Mean You’re a Writer

Yesterday, I finished the last of my speaking engagements for a while and today I’m taking a deep breath and reminding myself–I’m supposed to be a writer. But there’s always that naggin question–am I a real writer?
10 Things That Mean You’re a Writer
Answer True or False. If at least half of these things [...]

Read Aloud America

The Read Aloud America website has announced the 2008 lists of books recommended as read alouds.
My picturebook, 19 Girls and Me, tops the list of K-1 list! This pleases me, because when I write picturebooks, I’m most concerned with the sound of the language. Making a picturebook text a great Read Aloud is [...]

Crazy days

I’m still poking around for ideas for a new novel.
These are Crazy Days

I’m avoiding writing, or I’m writing frantically about nothing or everything.
I’m doing small chores which I’ve put off forever.

Shameless Commerce Division: If one of those small chores YOU have put off is posting a review of Novel Metamorphosis on Amazon, please do [...]

Starting a Novel

I have finished a big project. I’ve done lots of small housekeeping and bookkeeping chores. And I have to face it. The decision of what novel to write next.
Deciding What to Write Next
This is the hardest thing to me: what to commit to. I’m playing with ideas, but nothing has [...]

UK & Europe Novel Metamorphosis

If you are in Europe, you can still order Novel Metamorphosis: Uncommon Ways to Revise on the UK Amazon site. Delivery is faster, easier and cheaper for European sites from the UK Amazon.
And you can still find it at the US Amazon.