It feels like I’m all over the interwebs today! I have my first ever post up at YA Outside the Lines in which I talk about my 2012 writing goal, mainly my quest to Just Write. And I’m also talking about my love of “light fantasy” over at the Enchanted Inkpot. Stop by and share [...]
First off, if you have a minute, pop on over to the Enchanted Inkpot where I’ve interviewed Dawn Metcalf about her brand new YA novel, LUMINOUS. I’m going to bare my soul a little bit today, if you don’t mind. For years I’ve dreamt about having a book published, and that dream is finally coming [...]
Not too long ago, someone (I can’t remember who!) linked to Joe Konrath’s post on marketing. At the end of his post, Konrath listed several inspiring quotes on writing. Many of them rang true for me, including: “Hard work trumps talent. Persistence trumps inspiration. Humility trumps ego.” But there was one quote that didn’t sit quite [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting R.L. LaFevers and hearing her speak about her books. For those of you who don’t know, Robin is the author of the Theodosia Throckmorton series and the Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series, both of which are filled with fantasy and adventure. She is also a fellow Inkie and agency-mate, [...]
On Saturday I headed up to Fitchburg, Mass. for the New England SCBWI conference. I only stayed for the day, but I left there mentally energized and inspired. The keynote speakers were Cynthia Leitich Smith, Marla Frazee, and Marla’s editor Allyn Johnston. Their speeches were all filled with brilliance. Here are some highlights: Cynthia Leitich [...]
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for Leah Cypess‘s new YA fantasy, Mistwood. Leah and I are both members of the Enchanted Inkpot, so it was great to meet her in person. The event was a lot of fun, and of course I left with my shiny new signed copy [...]
If you recall my post on beta readers recently, it was inspired by a question from my lovely friend Kate from high school. Recently she posed another question which I thought would make a good blog post: How do I save my WIP? Do I have different versions, or do I keep adding to one [...]
Over the weekend a friend of mine was telling me how little patience she has for long voicemail messages. “Make sure you say the important stuff at the beginning,” she told me, “because after a few seconds I delete the message without listening to the whole thing.” When I thought about it afterwards, I realized [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to visit a sixth grade English class and do a lesson on revision. It was a lot of fun. The students admitted that revision is NOT their favorite thing, but they were still willing to give me a chance. We not only talked about why revision is important, we [...]
