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Career Evaluations and Study of the Market I rarely post personal things, but good news is made to be shared. This story begins a couple years ago when I was looking at what I was writing and realized I’d like to also write something about nature. I started looking for picture book ideas on nature [...]
What Genre Should you Write? I was talking to a friend about a new novel he’s working on. He’s not sure what genre it falls under and what genre he should aim for. Of course, there are two answers to this: Just write. One way of looking at it is that he just needs to [...]
NYT List, Sales, and Champagne Wow! A couple of you have had great success this year. Read these:
NaNoWriMo and the Evolution of a Writer Guest post by Beth Cato. Follow her NaNoWriMo progress at her blog, Catch a Star if It Falls. For years I dreamed of being a published writer, but I didn’t actually write anything. I had plenty of excuses – college, a full-time job, marriage – but I couldn’t [...]
This month my daughter and son-in-law (newly weds of three weeks) decided to move halfway across the country. They had discussed it for a while, but the decision was abrupt because they either had to renew their house’s lease – or not. They came through town and stayed here two days,
Take Time to Revise Jim Danielson, who attended last weekend’s Illinois retreat, has also posted a picture of a shrunken manuscript. Here are other links for the Shrunken Manuscript technique: Instructions for the Shrunken Manuscript Technique Shrunken manuscript v. Spreadsheet plotting Intensive feedback, like you get in a weekend retreat, can be overwhelming and after [...]
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