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4 Manuscripts That Should Stay in Your Drawer
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series File Cabinets
Private v. Public Stories: When to Hold Back
We’re talking about those old files, old stories, old passions that are hidden in your file drawer. Here are four manuscripts that should stay in your drawer.
Your first manuscript. No, you are not allowed to air [...]
Don’t Open Your File Drawer without Reading This
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series File Cabinets
A 5-part series.
How Valuable is Your File Drawer?
You are writing fiction and building a career. One of your valuable assets is your file drawer, your rejected stories. I have 2 four-drawer file cabinets full; plus, my flash includes many partial or complete manuscripts and [...]
Top 10 Picture Book Topics to Avoid
Stiff Competition for These Picture Book Topics
Dial editor, Liz Waniewski (ONE–es-key) spoke at the Arkansas SCBWI 2007 conference. For a couple months before the conference, she kept track of her slush pile picture book submissions by category. This resulted in my 2007 posting 12 Picture Book Topics to Avoid, one of the more popular [...]
12 Picture Book Topics to Avoid!
This entry is part 28 of 31 in the series 30 DAYS TO A STRONGER PICTURE BOOK
UPDATE: See the 2009 List of Picture Book Topics to Avoid
Dial editor, Liz Waniewski (ONE–es-key) spoke at the Arkansas SCBWI 2007 conference. For a couple months before the conference, she kept track of her slush pile pb submissions [...]
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