It's that time of the year guys- National Novel Writers Month! The goal is to write 50k in one month. Sounds pretty crazy. Well, it is crazy. There's no doubt about that. That's why it's a challenge and definitely not for the weak and weary. *grin* I like to...
While I was in Germany last summer, my family and I traveled mostly by train. I remember looking out the window as our train pulled into Munich station. I was amazed at how the tracks all merged into this one giant station. My writing brain couldn't help but think how...
Photo Credit: The Romantic Editor Before I get started, if you’re trying to decide which idea to write next, check out this post I wrote over at the MiGs on how to develop your ideas. I’ve been doing a series on the editorial process of what happens to a book after...
For the past few weeks, I've been doing a series on the publishing process, starting with the editorial letter. Today I've asked my writer friends if they could share their advice on how to deal with the editorial letter. I think they've got some great tips. ...
Photo Credit: frabz I've been doing a series on the editorial letter, beginning with these two posts: 1. What is an editorial letter? 2. An how-to on tackling an editorial letter Today, I am so excited to have my critique partner and associate editor at...
I'm doing a series of blog posts chatting about the publishing process. Today, I want to share how I tackled my editorial letter. As I mentioned here in this post, editorial letters are all different in some way, but essentially they have the writer revamping core...
This past Saturday I attended the UCF Book Festival. It was such a fun experience, but then I suppose any event that celebrates books is fun. There were heaps of activities and handouts for kids. Unfortunately my boys had soccer games so they weren't able to come...
What makes us successful in life and how do we achieve the dreams we wish to acquire? Here are some thoughts I had: 1. Visualize what you want and then make a plan of action on how to achieve it. Often we have this vison of what we want for our careers, but I think...
Lately the buzz word for pitches has become the Twitter Pitch. You may see agents asking for Twitter Pitches in contest or hey, on Twitter! So what is this? Basically, it's where you sum up the essence of your novel in 140 characters or 2o words. What are the benefits...
It's Valentine's Day and what better day to chat about writing romance in young adult books. One of the big areas that editors were asking for in the last three conferences I have been to is more romance in YA. I think it's important for us writers to remember that...