When I read Savvy for the KidzBookBuzz Blog tour, I didn’t do what I usually do–write notes in the margins or put sticky notes in the good and bad places I’d want to remember to mention in my review. Why not? I quickly realized the effort would be fruitless. There were no bad places and [...]
Entries from April 2009
Alliteration ~ Lessons Learned From Savvy, by Ingrid Law
April 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Rhythm
Studying Great Books
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments
The KidzBookBuzz.com blog tour for Savvy, by Ingird Law, is in full swing just now, so I thought this would be a good time to post a little bit about what I learned about writing for children from Ingrid Law’s wonderful book. There is good reason this little book has won such prestigious awards and landed on [...]
Tags: Technique
Stats From A Best Seller
April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
This from Lynn Viehl (by way of Nathan Bransford). She’s sharing her royalty statement. How cool is that? This is fascinating stuff. She’s so right about no one sharing this information. Sales figures are guarded as if the security of the nation depended upon their remaining secret. The blogging agents have said their slush piles have [...]
Tags: Publishing
Jim Bell’s Q Factor
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
I wrote two chapters on my novel on Saturday. I have four chapters to go. I’ve been stuck for months. Stuck because I knew that I needed my character to do something at the very end that she would never do. I needed her to make a horrific choice and I couldn’t motivate her. So [...]
Tags: Motivation
Success in All Seasons
April 16th, 2009 · No Comments
I can’t get enough of Susan Boyle. I’m not the only one. She’s gotten millions of hits on You Tube in just four days. She gives hope to those of us who are…ummm…somewhat less attractive than Amanda Holden. One of the best things about writing is that you can keep on doing it into old [...]
Tags: Marketing