It’s time for another installment of the “Letter to Myself” series in which authors write letters to their younger selves giving advice, encouragement, or words of warning. Today’s letter comes from children’s author R.L. LaFevers. I had the pleasure of meeting Robin at a signing she did in the Boston area not too long ago. [...]
I’ve been working on a top secret project for the past few weeks, and it’s finally time to tell you all about it! Friend and fellow author Alisa Libby and I have created First Page Panda, a website that’s all about promoting books. Here’s our official spiel: Did you know that pandas love to read? [...]
I’m almost finished reading The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass, and I think his chapter on tension is one every writer should read. Tension is what keeps us turning the pages. It can come from a variety of things, but as Maass points out, one of the most effective ways of creating tension is [...]
Here is the next installment of the “Letter to Myself” series in which authors write letters to their younger writer selves giving encouragement, advice, or words of warning. Today’s letter comes from YA author Jo Knowles. I have the pleasure of knowing Jo personally, and I can tell you she is just as warm and [...]
I don’t know about you, but I’m a little obsessive when it comes to looking at the stats for my website. Google Analytics and I are very good friends. I’m especially fascinated by the search terms people use to find my website. Most of them are writing-related, some sound like students looking for help with [...]
Now that WriteOnCon is over, my Google Reader is stuffed full of starred items! If you missed the conference, here’s a handy WriteOnCon roundup from the lovely ladies at Adventures in Children’s Publishing. And if your mind hasn’t already exploded from information overload, here are some other writing links you might find useful: -The Spectacle [...]
Two posts in one day? Sure, why not? Here’s the next installment of the “Letter to Myself” series in which authors write letters to their younger writer selves giving advice, encouragement, or words of warning. Today’s letter comes from young adult author Beth Revis. Dear Beth, It’s what–the year 2000? And there you are, sitting [...]
I’ve been working on my new WIP, and so far it’s been going pretty well. As I was getting my new pages ready for my writing group, however, I realized that I might have too many things going on in the story. This is something I often get myself into. In trying to raise the [...]
Some characters seem to come fully formed and ready to tell their stories, but some are a little more reserved and mysterious. I usually get to know my characters by putting them in various situations and seeing how they react, but my current WIP contains a character who just won’t let me in on her [...]
Over the weekend, I went to see Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo in Boston. It was a fantastic show filled with dazzling acrobatics, gorgeous costumes, and great music. There was also a simple love story that resulted in some hilarious scenes. Everyone in the audience had a great time, and the performers seemed to be having [...]
