I have a handful of blogs I follow, and Jane Friedman is by far one of my favorites. Here’s a shout out to her latest post: Writing Advice for Children and Teens Excerpt: For fifteen years, I’ve been parceling out advice and wisdom on writing and publishing, all squarely directed at the adult writer. As the … More Writing Advice for Children & Teens from Jane Friedman
Are you pursuing traditional publishing? Do you feel your manuscript is ready to be put in front of an editor or agent? Go through this list before you do! (If self-publishing, further recommendations are at the end of this post.) According to Literary Agent Paula Munier in her new book: Writing With Quiet Hands, there … More 3 Drafts to a Publishable Manuscript
I’m happy to announce the winners for the Twitter Pitch Contest #PitchBFB hosted by independent publisher Book Fish Books on January 13th from 7AM – 7PM EST. The rules for this pitch contest were 3 pitches allowed per project, and seeking only MG, YA, and NA novels. Prizes (Copied from Book Fish Books site): –If we … More #PitchBFB Results! – Jan Twitter Pitch Contest
This is a book review for The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card for both readers (maybe you’ll decide if you’d like to read it) and for writers (what you can learn to do, and not to do in your own novel). There are no spoilers in this review. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars … More The Lost Gate – Book Review for Readers & Writers
3 Pillars of Character Development – Achieving Complex and Real Characters While any novel will likely struggle with enough Character Complexity, I find that novels with high-worldbuilding elements may run into this issue more than others. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the world lore, and leave the characters as cardboard cutouts positioned up on a … More 3 Pillars of Character Development
Before jumping into the book sales market, it may be a good idea to know what to expect, and what routes to pursue. This isn’t just for authors pursuing self-publishing, it’s important for every author. Traditional publishing has always had a certain expectation that authors will play a part, if not large part, in the … More Which Publishing Route Makes More Than $500k per Year?
I’m wondering why people are actually upset about George R.R. Martin announcing his delay for his 6th book in the Song of Ice and Fire Series, The Winds of Winter. Or better known as its TV adoption, Game of Thrones. I suppose this is where I need to say, take a moment to step in … More Game of Thrones… Good Things Come to Those Who Wait, Even Winter
Here is a list of top literary agencies based on their sales numbers of how many six-figure or higher book deals they landed. Quite the impressive list. Here are the top three: Trident Media Group, known for Woman’s and Fiction Romance. Writers House for MG. Marly Rusoff & Associates for General Fiction. If … More Top 50 Best Literary Agencies
Whether you’re a pantser or a plotter, there is one mistake nearly every writer does, including experienced ones. It’s a concept of your writing goal, be it one paragraph, one chapter, or whole sections of the manuscript. When plotting (outlining) your book, you have a series of events carefully planned out. Therefore, it’s logical when … More Most Common Writing Mistake – Character Development
I’m always looking for great writer resources, and I’m happy to share with you this site that supplies a newsletter and listing for free literary contests (Prose and Poetry). While I don’t usually like sites that have an email subscription pop-up, this is one site I’m able to look past that because of the good content. … More Best Free Literary Contests – Winning Writers
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