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I’m tomorrow to the NYC-SCBWI MidWinter Conference. If you attend, please look me up and say hello! I’d love to meet anyone and everyone! Here’s my reports from last year’s SCBWI NYC conference, including information on Molly O’Neill of Bowen’s Press and Jennifer Hunt of Little Brown.
At my house, we’re iced in today, with schools closed for the weather. How Does the Weather Affect Your Story? Have you ever included a snow or ice day in your story? Does your character sweat through a scorching day while mowing the lawn? If not, you’re missing a great chance to include sensory details [...]
Timeline: two decades ago. There are legendary stories told about how word spread throughout the US about the winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and other awards announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference. Stories of people standing in the room, scribbling down the winners list, then rushing to a bank of phones to send [...]
Use the power of your word processor to help you keep track of details while writing a novel. You’ll have fewer mistakes Have you ever forgetten the color of a character’s eyes? Keep a Character Bible: create a file in which you keep descriptions of each character. This is much easier than hunting through a [...]
Ever have one of those off days? You don’t sleep and wake up grouchy. You’re half sick but not really sick enough to call it a sick day. You are just disgruntled and don’t know why. 5 Things to do on Off-Days On those awful days, there are still tasks you can do to be [...]
I’m near the end of this draft of my novel and I’m reluctant to face the last few chapters. Why? Too much emotion! You must write the emotional ending It’s not fair to the reader to have his/her turn the page and read. “I woke up the next morning and thought about what happened last [...]
Fearless Writing is highly recommended if you are in a time of your life when you need to face the issues surrounding creativity, the whys of your work, or how to keep writing and the writing life in balance with the rest of your life.
Last night we had the next session of Fearless Writing, led by Crescent Dragonwagon.
That first meeting, we were asked what challenges we face as writers, what burden we wanted lifted, what questions we wanted answered about our work.
To celebrate the paperback edition, I have created a new group on Flickr.com,(http://www.flickr.com/groups/oliverkwoodman/) the photo sharing website, that will help teachers use the book more effectively in the classroom.
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