…the editor or agent the impression that you think writing picture books is easy. Read my top pieces of advice for those who want to write or illustrate books for…
As some of you already know, I’m working on a book that is both a compilation of my writer comics as well as nuggets of writerly wisdom I’ve found in…
Sorry for the lack of posts. Pre-holiday craziness and a stubborn flu bug has knocked me out of the blog loop for a bit. Catching up now. Thanks to Open…
…writers. Mark says he is also open to suggestions about topics he should blog about, but says that he’s unable (for legal reasons) to answer questions that are specific to…
Love this quote from Libba Bray’s latest blog post: This is the magic/curse of writing: That in crafting your fiction, you leave yourself open to sudden moments of unguarded truth, and…
…likely to be very blurry at times.” You can find an interview with editor Amanda Rutter on YAtopia. According to the interview, Strange Chemistry will be open only to agented submissions….
MY F&Gs for I’M BORED JUST ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apologies for all the exclamation marks BUT I CAN’T HELP IT!!!!! Good thing the delivery guy had walked away by the time I ripped open…
…new monthly Mythology High series. 3000-4500 words. Lee & Low Books is open to children’s picture book submissions for its 13th annual New Voices Award. Manuscript must be unpublished, unaccented and…
…and offline. I’ve compiled a list of interviews, guest posts and other places online where you can find related posts, and most of these still are or were holding random…
Registration’s now open for CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination conference on Saturday, October 18th, 2014. I’ll be giving a workshop for beginning writers and illustrators called “Lightning Rods, Agents & Book Deals: Building…