Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Pitches

 Your pitch should vary depending upon whom is the audience.

https://janefriedman.com/the-other-pitch-packages-authors-should-prepare/

Monday, October 30, 2023

Young Adult or Middle Grade

 How do you determine if your manuscript is more young adult or middle grade?

https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2023/09/ya-or-adult.html

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Writing Rules

 Here are some unusual writing rules that should sometimes be followed.

http://booksbywomen.org/unusual-writing-tips-by-virginia-moffatt/

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Voice

 Here are some tips for identifying and strengthening your writer's voice.

https://nybookeditors.com/2017/06/find-writers-voice/

Friday, October 27, 2023

Late Blooming Writers

 Did you start writing for publication later in life?

https://annerallen.com/2023/10/tips-for-late-blooming-writers/

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Rough Drafts

Here are some insights about rough drafts.

https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ 

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Flashbacks

 Flashbacks can enhance your story when used appropriately.

https://janefriedman.com/flashback-a-greatly-misunderstood-storytelling-device/

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Independent Marketers

 Do you need to hire an indepent marketer in addition to your publisher's one?

https://katemckean.substack.com/p/do-you-need-to-hire-a-marketing-person

Monday, October 23, 2023

Querying

 How many agents do you have to query before getting an offer of representation?

https://writersrumpus.com/2015/04/24/how-many-queries-does-it-take-to-get-an-agent/

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Omniscient POV

 How do you successfully write books using omniscient point of view?

https://marcykennedy.com/2013/10/successfully-write-omniscient-pov/

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Picture Book Editing

 Here's a useful checklist to use when editing your picture book.

https://cbiclubhouse.com/try-this-picture-book-editing-checklist

Friday, October 20, 2023

Humorous Picture Books

 There are many ways to show the funny in picture books.

https://lje1.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/writing-humorous-picture-books/

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Infodumps

 Here are some ways to eliminate infodumps, especially when using deep point of view.

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/how-to-eliminate-info-dumps-in-deep-point-of-view/

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Transitions

 How do you write a transition to get from one scene to the next?

https://annerallen.com/2023/09/transition-sentence/

Monday, October 16, 2023

Naming

 Here's a great list of links for naming things--titles, characters, place names, etc.

https://guide.onym.co/

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Writing Humor

 Here are eight tips for writing funny.

https://janefriedman.com/finding-the-funny-8-tips-on-writing-humor/

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Theme

Her are way to deepend your story by expanding on its theme.

 https://janefriedman.com/3-ways-to-use-theme-to-deepen-your-story/

Friday, October 13, 2023

Successful Openings

 Here are three strategies for writing a successful opening.

https://janefriedman.com/the-secret-ingredient-of-successful-openings/

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Book Marketing Terms

 Check out this list of book marketing buzzwords.

https://buildbookbuzz.com/book-marketing-buzzwords/

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Picture Book Humor

 Picture books are the perfect category for humor.

https://www.almostanauthor.com/four-ways-to-add-humor-to-your-picture-books/

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Summarizing Across Scenes

 Summarized scenes tend to be less engaging for your readers.

https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2023/09/beware-summarizing-across-scenes

Monday, October 9, 2023

School Visits

 Hear are some hints about school visits.

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/2023/09/19/school-visits-faculty-q-and-a/

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Openings

 Are you starting your story in the right place?

https://janefriedman.com/how-can-you-tell-if-youre-starting-your-story-in-the-right-place/

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Physical Comedy

 Add humor to your writing by using physical comedy.

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/how-to-write-comedy-part-1-physical-comedy-slapstick/

Friday, October 6, 2023

Pen Names

 How do you go about writing under a pen name?

https://susanuhlig.com/2011/03/double_identity/

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Naming Things

 Here's a great  list of all sorts of tools and resources for naming things.

https://guide.onym.co/

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Child Characters

 A kidlit book needs well-writing child characters.

https://www.goodstorycompany.com/blog/writing-child-characters

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Picture Book Basics

 Here are three commandments for writing picture books.

https://writeforkids.org/blog/the-three-commandments-of-writing-a-picture-book/

Monday, October 2, 2023

Novel Basics

 Here are some basics to writing novels that you may be overlooking.

https://writerunboxed.com/2023/09/14/6-novel-basics-you-may-be-overlooking/

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Online Writing Conferences

 How can you tell if an online writing conference is worthwhile.

https://writersrumpus.com/2023/09/12/top-5-steps-for-evaluating-online-writing-conferences/