Query letters, agent rejections, self-publishing, oh my! Here's my honest, candid take on what it's really like trying to get a novel published...hopefully with a few laughs along the way.
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Turning Interviews into Kids’ Books with Erica Swallow
This month in the Inspiration and Perspiration series, I tracked down Erica Swallow, co-creator of a non-fiction picture book stemming from Erica's real-life interview with kid entrepreneurs. I met Erica at the San Francisco Writer's Conference, where, in our first chat, she asked, "Is there anything I can do to help you with your project?" I was later …
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Online Resource Guide for Aspiring Authors
This past week I spent four amazing days at the San Francisco Writers Conference. Everywhere, groups tucked into corners between panels to help each other get ready for the great and scary pitch sessions. Someone mentioned feeling intimidated to come to their first conference, ready for battle in the Hunger Games of aspiring authors. Instead, they found themselves wrapped …
Where do ideas come from?
“Where do you get your ideas?” I’ve noticed that fiction writers tend to answer this question in a tone I’ll call…cutsey sarcastic. “A unicorn brings them to me every full moon.” Cool, cool. The wisdoms of the masters—always super helpful… Don’t get me wrong, I get it. It’s a weird question for fiction writers to …
Create the World You Want to See
I’ve been thinking a lot in the past couple weeks about the subtitle I chose for this blog. Why not, "Story time!" or "Who brought the marshmallows?" or "Why to be careful checking out a stack of books about witchcraft because a student might think you're trying to summon the devil"? (Another story for another time.) See, …
NaNoWriMo: Your 50,000-Word Writing Challenge
Guest Post by ERICA ROOT Writing a book is an overwhelming endeavor. Writing your FIRST novel, even more so. So what’s an aspiring author to do? What’s the best way to overcome that insurmountable hurdle? My answer: Sign up for NaNoWriMo.
