Oh boy! Here we go with Day 4 of Revision Week… which means the Jane Yolen, celebrated author of over 300 picture books, novels, and poetry collections for young people. Yeah, that’s right: 300. She’s prolific, praised, and above all talented. With Jane having so many projects in various stage of drafting, revising, reviewing, and approving, […]
Loving Revision Week! Today, Chanel Cleeton
It’s Day 3 of DearEditor.com’s Revision Week already? I absolutely love hearing about other authors’ writing processes, so these interviews make me so happy. Today’s interview is withChanel Cleeton, popular author of thriller and contemporary romance series: “I ALWAYS edit once on my computer, once on a printed draft, and once on an e-reader because […]
Interview with Salina Yoon, book giveaway, free partial edit giveaway
Revision Week continues over at my writer’s advice blog DearEditor.com with Salina Yoon, the tremendous author/illustrator of more than 160 books including Penguin and Pinecone and the other adorable Penguin books. Salina says, “I approach writing a story like solving a puzzle. Each piece is critical in telling the story.” In her interview, she shares her […]
Interview with Newbery Honor Author Pam Munoz Ryan
If you follow my DearEditor.com writing advice blog, you know each spring I host a special event called Revision Week, which showcases interviews with prolific, best-selling authors that give us a peek into their revision processes and tons of useful insights into how we can go about revising our own writing. It’s now time for DearEditor.com’s 4th annual Revision Week, featuring […]
Summer Fun: Deborah at SCBWI Summer Conference
I’m so pleased to be joining the faculty of SCBWI’s 2016 Summer Conference in Los Angeles July 29-31 (there’s an optional craft intensive a on Aug 1). I love this conference and am honored to be a part of it this year. I’ll be presenting “An Up-to-the-Minute Market Report” on the main stage on Sunday, the 1-hour breakout […]
The Fabulous Insights of Carter Higgins
It’s one thing to know you need to make changes to your story, it’s another to figure out how to go about implementing those changes. Trying to wrap your head around the logistics of doing a BIG revision can be downright overwhelming. Where do you even begin? I got a question about that at DearEditor.com, and I knew author […]
3 Big Cheers for 3 Writers (and a wee one for me)
I don’t always post my cheers when writers I’ve worked with as an editor reach their goals because I don’t want to look like I’m trying to take credit for their hard work and talent. As an editorial consultant I point out strengths and weaknesses, and I make suggestions about opportunities and guide when writers […]
The Power of the Perfect Writing Space
When I first saw feet sticking out from under the desk, I thought, “How cute!” Then I thought, “He writes his stories under there, and he’s very productive. Maybe I should take that spot when he goes to school tomorrow.” I was mostly joking. But that thought made me stop and mull the power of […]
The Danger of Letting a Storyteller in Your Kitchen
Today I was peeling large Pink Ladies for a Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Baked Apples snack for the boys, peeling away speedily, thinking about how one must be careful not to peel away one’s finger instead, then thinking about what one would do in that situation then how people would react to the blood then […]
Fab Review for Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies!
Author/blogger Lee Wind is well known for caring deeply about writers, so his recommendation of WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES on the SCBWI blog makes me super proud: “Deborah Halverson (who I’m always so impressed with) has put together a really useful guide… Her book is packed with good stuff.”
San Diego Book Award Winner!
I love to celebrate milestones and good news by paying it forward. This week I’m celebrating WRITING NEW ADULT FICTION winning a San Diego Book Award by giving away a FREE FULL MANUSCRIPT EDIT away on my writer’s advice website DearEditor.com. If you’re a writer or know a writer who might want an edit, click […]
Pulling Back the Curtain
Sometimes our assumptions don’t jive with reality. Today, my twelve-year-old neighbor stood next to me as I signed a copy of Writing New Adult Fiction to mail to the winning bidder in the Quest for Queen Auction. I explained what I was doing, why, and the purpose of the bookmark-that-doubles-as-a-business-card that I’d tucked into the […]
Watch Where You Sit!
One reason I buy bound books for my sons instead of e-books is because books laying around the house become books discovered by other brothers. Last night I threw EL DEAFO on the couch last night to see who would discover it this morning. Turns out the strategy works on grandmas, too.
My Interview for Adventures in YA Publishing Blog
I’m honored to be featured on the fabulous blog Adventures in YA Publishing this week. The blog covers Young Adult Fiction in general, gives away YA books (several giveaways going on this week!), features advice from YA authors, and shares writing tips, and publishing information. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: “With the current enthusiasm […]
The Sweet Bliss of a Spooky Birthday
My birthday is the day after Halloween. That timing made for some awesome birthday parties when I was little. Now that I’m a grown-up, I’m just not into celebrating with costume-themed sleepovers and the like. But that doesn’t mean my birthday doesn’t still have candy as its centerpiece. Today is my birthday. I spent it […]
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