Congratulations to Connie Saunders who won The Middle School Writing Toolkit from last week's blog. ******"May I ask, how do I even begin… Continue reading How Do I Find An Agent?
Tag: Writer’s Digest
Making Friends with Billy Wong by Augusta Scattergood: A Review with Help from David Corbett
Congratulations to my fellow blogger, Clara Gillow Clark, who won a copy of TWICE BETRAYED on last week's blog. Stay tuned friends, I have lots more giveaways coming up! ******** One of the writing blogs I follow is Writer Unboxed. When I find an article by one of their contributors in Writer's Digest, I pay… Continue reading Making Friends with Billy Wong by Augusta Scattergood: A Review with Help from David Corbett
Digging for Clay and a Giveaway!
Congratulations to Linda Phillips, for winning Words with Wings on last week's blog. As some of you know, Linda is a close writing buddy but I can assure you--there was no hanky panky in her winning this book. As far as I can tell, http://www.random.org does not keep track of previous winners! ********** Let's start with… Continue reading Digging for Clay and a Giveaway!
Two Winners and Some Winning Writing Advice
In another totally random drawing, Rosi Hollinbeck, the SCBWI critique group coordinator for SCBWI in Northern California, won last week's giveaway contest! A copy of Chris Woodworth's new middle grade book, Ivy in the Shadows is on its way to California. Tracey Adams of Adams Literary kindly offered two copies and the second name I drew… Continue reading Two Winners and Some Winning Writing Advice
Red Pencil Advice from Chekhov
"To write a story you need five or six days, during which time you must be thinking about it every moment, otherwise you'll never be able to frame good sentences. Before it reaches the page, every sentence must spend two days in the brain, lying perfectly still and putting on weight. It goes without saying,… Continue reading Red Pencil Advice from Chekhov
Pillars of Gold and Silver
In a recent conversation with my 16-year-old nephew Ben about my blog, I mentioned that I generally blogged about books that I recommended. In a typical adolescent "let's think outside of the box" response, he said, "Why are you doing that? Book reviewers don't have to like a book in order to write about it."So… Continue reading Pillars of Gold and Silver