So What? That's the question you must get past in your fiction. Why should a reader care? Keep Continue Reading
June 15, 2011
Uma Krishnaswami: Shrunken Manuscript
My Novel Revision Retreats rely heavily upon the Shrunken Manuscript technique. Basically, you use Continue Reading
June 13, 2011
Feedback: 3 Attitudes that Help
I'm working on a novel and have just gotten a couple rounds of feedback from friends. Here's what I Continue Reading
May 27, 2011
Amy Dominy: 2k11
Amy Dominy, OyMG, YA, May 2011 Introduced first in 2007, debut children's authors have formed a Continue Reading
May 23, 2011
Using Setting & Description in Creative, yet Crucial Ways
Setting: “Where am I? And why should I care?” Readers ask these two questions at the Continue Reading
May 16, 2011
Just Write It: Stop Second Guessing until You Revise
I woke last night and wrote and rewrote endlessly the first line of my new novel. Yes, it is an Continue Reading
April 29, 2011
Amy Holder 2k11
Amy Holder debuts with THE LIPSTICK LAWS Introduced first in 2007, debut children's authors have Continue Reading
March 16, 2011
Recursive: Circling Back On Ourselves
Writing is recursive. I heard this some time ago, but it's being brought back to me this month, as Continue Reading
March 14, 2011
Bettina Restrepo: 2k11
Bettina Restrepo Debuts with ILLEGAL Introduced first in 2007, debut children's authors have Continue Reading