Valentine’s Rejection
I’m heading for NYC for the SCBWI Winter Conference and meetings. If you’re on Twitter, you can follow the action via the #NYC16SCBWI hashtag. If you see me there, please do say hi! Happy writing and illustrating, all!
Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
I’m heading for NYC for the SCBWI Winter Conference and meetings. If you’re on Twitter, you can follow the action via the #NYC16SCBWI hashtag. If you see me there, please do say hi! Happy writing and illustrating, all!
“One thing that books teach us is that if your life sucks right now, you just haven’t gotten to the good part.” – Tim Federle, author of the Better Nate Than Ever. His new YA, The Great American Whatever, comes out from Simon & Schuster in March. More info about Tim at TimFederle.com. The . . .
As Ellen Jackson said, success as a writer or illustrator depends depends more on intelligent persistence than raw talent. Excerpt from Ellen’s excellent advice: “By ‘intelligent persistence’ I mean the ability to learn from mistakes, to figure out what you’re doing wrong, and then to change it. I know a . . .
Thanks to all who responded to my most recent poll, which asked “While you’re reading a book, have you EVER skipped ahead to read the ending?“ Out of 126 respondents, 60% (or rather 59.52, rounded up) of you replied YES, with the remaining 40% saying NO. Why did you skip . . .
I keep reminding myself of the above as I’m working on the first draft of my middle grade novel. If you like the image above, I’ve made it available as a free print-ready PDF in my For The Love Of Reading resource (where you can find lots of other print-ready posters and activity sheets).
A quickie anonymou survey: Have you ever skipped ahead in a book to read the ending? If you’d like your answers including in the final tally, please answer Yes/No in this survey link.
At the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, the OLA Best Bets Committee said that Kevin Sylvester‘s middle grade non-fiction book BASEBALLOGY: SUPERCOOL FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW (Annick Press) was a fascinating read, whether or not you’re a fan of baseball. “…This book pulls you in as it shares a wealth of historical facts, scientific explanations, and . . .
Some days I wish I hadn’t read the Harry Potter books already just so I could read them again for the first time.
To writers out there who never have trouble finding time to write or revise: pls ignore the rest of this post. To those who are always putting their own projects on the back burner because of bill-paying work taking priority, family obligations, favors for other people, insecurity or fear, procrastination . . .