I attended a ‘live’ two hour writing workshop through SCBWI: Hook, Line and Sinker: What Catches the Editor’s Eye with Scholastic editor Natalia Remis. It was an amazing workshop and not only was the information excellent, the editor gave the first page of the attendees’ manuscripts a critique! I try to keep up with the…
Tag: submitting manuscripts
Small Home-Grown Book Publishers – Good or Bad?
I’m thrilled to announce that I have an article up at Writer’s Digest! It’s about the pros and cons of working with very small book publishers. What I mean by “very small” is the publishers that are primarily one-man or one-woman businesses. While these home-grown publishers can be a life-saver for the new author and…
Writing to Get Published – 5 Power Tips
All writers have one primary focus—to get published. What makes each of us different is our slant or perspective on the story we’re telling, and how we tell it. It’s true that anyone can write, but writing to get published is another story. To accomplish this, there four steps you need to include in your…