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From Your Reader’s Perspective
I was sitting on my deck this morning playing Scrabble. While I sat there, I looked at the deck planters on our railing. When I look at the plants from inside our living room or from standing out on the … Continue reading
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The Project That Never Ends
Do you know how when you start a project, you have in mind this wonderful picture of how it will look at the end? But then you get stuck in the middle of it, and it feels like quicksand, all … Continue reading
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Momentum vs. Deadlines vs. Why I Write
Right now, I am overwhelmed. I have my daughter visiting from Scotland for 6 weeks–yay! And next week one of my sisters is visiting from Florida for a week–yay! This is very good news, but…the additional household duties plus fun … Continue reading
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Building Relationships with Editors
I was sharing in the Writing for Children Facebook Group (previously the Mentors for Rent Facebook Group) about some submissions I was making, and how some were to editors I have relationships with and others were to editors I’ve never … Continue reading
Showing Your Work
Hi, writers! One of the things I’m trying to figure out is how to show my work effectively online. Because sometimes, opportunities arise out of the blue because you do that. Listen to this episode of the fabulous All the … Continue reading
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Working Around My Own Writer Weaknesses
This is a day I was not planning to go anywhere. My only workout is a yoga one at home, and I have no errands that need doing. Until 3:45, I just need to write. But. There are several household … Continue reading
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The Happy Writer: Don’t Let This Industry Get You Down
Over the past two weeks, I have had a whirlwind of responses to writing projects. Here are some of them: * a rhyming nonfiction picture book I wrote to send an editor I knew loved the topic was rejected by … Continue reading
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Survey for Published Trade Picture Book Authors
I saw on Facebook that someone is surveying writers who have a trade picture book out (or under contract). It’s all about length of time to get published, advances, agents, etc. It’s anonymous, and it’ll be fun to see the … Continue reading
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What Kind of Speaker Are You?
Hi, writers! I did a virtual writing workshop with Read Aloud Revival (a fantastic book-centered homeschooling membership group). It. Was. Awesome. And something about what one of the organizers said afterward has helped me really identify, for myself, what kind … Continue reading
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Disappointment and Thank Yous
In my December 2016 Writer Can Be… e-letter, I talked about the calm before the calm, that period right before a book comes out when you have absolutely no idea how it’s going to do. (And I rounded up some … Continue reading
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Mentors for Rent 