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Documenting Nonfiction
When you write a nonfiction picture book, a biography (of any length) or other nonfiction topics, how much do you document? Do you use end notes, foot notes, or what?
Well-Documented Nonfiction Sells a Manuscript
Original Sources. You should use as many original or primary sources as possible. Go back to the original diary, the first photographs, [...]
3 Ways Writers Survive Slow Times
Yesterday’s news was sad: PW has learned that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to stop buying books.
NOTE: News has filtered down that the buying freeze applies to adult imprints, not the children’s imprints.
How Can Writers Survive in Slow Times
In light of our sluggish economy, how can writers still pay bills — make [...]
Sports: Passionate characters
Sports books are action-oriented, fast-paced and full of memorable characters; but the core of a sports bookâfiction or non-fiction–is people. Characters make sports interesting. Granted, these characters are constantly on the move and not inclined to deep musings about life. Yet, it is the character interacting with the unique aspects of a sports novel that [...]
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