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The following are the top posts of 2011 on Fiction Notes. Checklist of 17 Character Qualities 43 Book Trailer Sites to Inspire, Instruct and Share 15 Days to Stronger Characters 29 Plot Templates: Know the Readers Expectations Before you Bust Them How to Create Whacky, Interesting Character Descriptions that Stick with a Reader Outline Level [...]
Local PBS Feature Airing Friday night, October 21 at 6:30pm on Arkansas’ local PBS stations is “AETN Presents: On the Same Page with Darcy Pattison.” A discussion of my recent book, PRAIRIE STORMS. It repeats on Wednesday Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. Set your DVRs! See the press release Reviews of Prairie Storms Home School [...]
Where will you be on January 27, 2012? I’ll be in New York City, hoping that the weather is warm! MARKETING FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITERS INTENSIVE DEBUTS AT THE 2012 SCBWI WINTER CONFERENCE Registration opens today for the 13th Annual Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators International Conference. SCBWI will hold its first Marketing for [...]
2011 Random Acts of Publicity FAQ ATTEND the Random Acts of Publicity event on Facebook. Read the FAQ. Who can participate? Anyone who wants to help a book get noticed by readers. We are focusing on helping a Friend’s book get noticed, but you can also choose to help your favorite book get noticed. What [...]
RANDOM ACTS OF PUBLICITY WEEK September 6-9, 2011 Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=247495138609650 It’s all about your Friend’s book. The 3rd Annual Random Acts of Publicity, September 6-8, 2011 is a week to celebrate your Friend’s book, or your favorite book, by doing a Random Act of Publicity: Blog, link, Like, review, or talk about the [...]
YA for Dummies and Prairie Storms What sounds does a ground hog make? An earless lizard? A burrowing owl? Six months ago, I had no idea! When I decided to create a book trailer for my forthcoming book, PRAIRIE STORMS, I knew I wanted something fun and useful for kids, parents and educators. We know [...]
Interview with Darcy Pattison about her new book, Prairie Storms (August, 2011, Sylvan Dell Publishing).
Did you know that the Novel Revision Retreat is available in a book? In 1999, I started teaching a retreat for beginning to intermediate writers, for those getting encouraging rejections, but could not quite get that acceptance letter. This year, there are four debut novels coming out of those retreats and so far, three more [...]
Life has been full! Here are some pics to prove it! Arkansas Literary Festival School Visits: Paris Elementary and Cherry Valley Elementary After School Quilts I wish I could show you the kids who made these quilts (privacy issues!). They had a blast. There were five boys and one girl and everyone had a great [...]
At the recent conference for the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, I did a session on book trailers for use in the library. As part of that session, I asked librarians to participate in making a video. Those interested in become a YouTube star answered this simple question: What do you do when you get [...]
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