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Writing Picture Books--Simply Difficult, part 1/Call for Submissions 25 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
This blog is the first in a series focused on writing picture books, taken from the how-to article, WRITING PICTURE BOOKS—SIMPLY DIFFICULT, I wrote for a national newsletter. A 400-word book has to b...
Idea Overload, part VI/Call for Submissions 18 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
This is the last blog in this series. If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try these tips: There is no magic fix for any story. You simply have to keep writing and revising...
Idea Overload, part VI/Call for Submissions 11 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try these tips: Make a “Writer’s To-Do List.” If you’re working on a manuscript, plan for the next writing session. When you finish for the...
Idea Overload, part V/Call for Submissions 4 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try these tips: Talk with a critique group or writing club. Explain how the story has bogged down and you don’t know how to get the charact...
Idea Overload, part IV/Call for Submissions 28 Jul 2013 | 07:11 pm
If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try this tip: As you begin writing your story, a new story idea often rears its shiny-as-a-freshly-minted-dime head. By this time the story...
Idea Overload, part III/Call for Submissions 21 Jul 2013 | 05:32 pm
If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try these tips: 1. Writer’s block is the inability to create and develop a story idea. Having too many ideas can be just a detrimen...
Idea Overload, part II/Call for Submissions 14 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm
If you have more story ideas than you know what to do with, try these tips: 1. Create a file, paper or digital, for the ideas. When an idea shines so brightly that you can’t let it go, add it to...
Idea Overload, part I/Call for Submissions 7 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm
Today’s blog is all about ideas. What do you do with idea overload? [Thanks, Krista H., for the inspiration of this series of blogs.] Ideas bombard you from every direction. Each time you try to devel...
Formatting a Manuscript, Part IV, Call for Submisions 30 Jun 2013 | 05:57 pm
This article is the last of the series, Formatting a Manuscript. 1. Do not staple the pages together. Place the pages in an envelope. If the manuscript is just a few pages, you may paperclip ...
Formatting a Manuscript, Part III, Call for Submisions 23 Jun 2013 | 07:55 pm
More tips on formatting a manuscript: 1. A chapter heading can be placed from one to six double-spaced lines down from the top of the page, and the headings can be either centered or left-jus...
