Hot Potato: Let that Manuscript Cool Off

Darcy, sporting slightly askew Grammar Witch Glasses.

You type, "The End." Then, you write a fast letter to an editor and send off a couple sample Continue Reading

REvising Novel Metamorphosis

One project for this summer is to revise Novel Metamorphosis: Uncommon Ways to Revise. It's the Continue Reading

3 Ways Writers Survive Slow Times

Yesterday's news was sad: PW has learned that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to Continue Reading

Writing AND Revising Your Novel

Writing and revising a novel is such a big job! It helps to break it into stages. Writing AND Continue Reading

Surprise Yourself in the First Draft

I'm working on the first draft of a novel and I'm about 2/3 of the way through the plot, when Continue Reading

5 Questions about Characters’ Desires

I want to win a race!

What does your character want more than anything else? Sharpen and deepen the desires of your major Continue Reading

Hattie Big Sky

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Newbery Honor for Kirby Larson Our guest today is Kirby Larson, author of Hattie Big Sky, Continue Reading