Archives

Alphabetical by Title


-A-

After the Critique

Agents Telling What They Want

Are Listserves a Service or a Waste of Time?

Attribution or Action

Author Talks versus Workshops


-B-

Before You Sign: Contract Resources

Bloggers Supporting Other Bloggers

Book It! – Recording What You Read


-C-

Can children and teens can get their work published?

Children’s Book Genres

Critique Groups: Go For It!

Critique Methods: A Sample Face-to-Face Critique, Online Critiques, One-On-Ones

Cut in the Critique


-D-

Dialogue Tips

Do As I Say

Do You Remember?

Do You Struggle with Grammar?

Don’t Throw in the Towel

Double Identity (pen names)

Down with Discouragement

Dragged to the Podium


-E-

An Editor’s Day


-F-

Follow the Yellow Brick Road, er, Writers’ Guidelines

4 Ways to Make Your Characters "Talk Different" (guest post)


-G-

Genre Resources

Give up or press on?

Glossary of Publishing Terms

Going Back to School (school visits)


-H-

Heartbroken – an encouraging post about querying (guest post)

Hooking Your Reader

How’d You Get That Gig?

How to Evaluate a Good Blog Gig and Earn What You Deserve (guest post)

How To Start Querying an Agent (guest post)


-I-

Illustrator Resources

I'm a Work-in-Progress

Inspiration from Kate DiCamillo


-K-

Keeping Track


-L-

Listen to the Teen Voices


-M-

Make It Work for You

Making Friends: Character Development

Market Research Resources – Agents

Meeting Editors and Agents – In Person

Meeting Editors and Agents – Online

Mind Your C’s and Q’s (Cover Letters, Queries, Contracts):

part one, part two, part three

My Favorite Online Resources


-N-

Nancy I. Sanders on Writing Nonfiction


-O-

On the Hunt for Ideas

Organizations and Groups


-P-

Patience Required

Perfecting Dialogue Punctuation

Picture Book Month

Picture Book Resources

Picture Perfect Picture Books

The Power of a Good First Line

Professional Problem Maker


-R-

Read, Read, Read

Ready, Set, Goal


-S-

The Sandwich of Critique

School Visits, the Extended Version

Self-Editing Tips

Shadowing a Submission

Showing Versus Telling

Standard Manuscript Format

The Story Ladder or Novel Timeline

The Synopsis Shrink


-T-

Technicalities - More Thoughts on Public Speaking

Theme and Premise

Theme List Tactics

Turning Ideas into Stories – Workshop


-V-

Viewpoint in Children's Fiction


-W-

Website Q & A with Don Ford

Welcome, Diane Bailey, Work-for-hire Champion

What Would Sue Do?

Why Write?

Work-for-Hire also known as WFH

Work-for-Hire Resources

Work-for-Hire Wisdom

Writing and Life Balance

Writing a Novel? Where Does It Fit?