Congratulations to Ann Eisenstein, a fellow SCBWI-Carolinas writers, who won an autographed copy of Sheri Levy's novel, Seven Days to Goodbye. Thanks to all of you who entered. Here is another book to try and win! At a recent SCBWI-Carolinas conference, I took an informative workshop with Emma Dryden on world building. First, Emma instructed us… Continue reading The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill AND a Giveaway!
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As every serious writer knows, the road to publication begins with crafting a memorable query. This fundamental tool of the writing trade must have muscle: its job is to capture an agent's or editor's interest, give a quick overview of your work, plus reflect your book's tone and your personality. And of course, all of… Continue reading Free Expressions Takeaway Part IV: Quintessential Queries
Last week, I joined fifteen other middle grade and young adult writers in an intense week of writing instruction orchestrated by Lorin Oberweger, founder of Free Expressions seminars. As we learned throughout the week, our books need to be closely seen and experienced through our character's point-of-view. Accordingly, in my next 5 or 6 blog posts I plan to… Continue reading Free Expressions Takeaway Part I: Voice & Deep Point of View