My 7-day Virtual Book Launch for WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES kicks off today on DearEditor.com. I’m very excited! I’m also extremely grateful to a bunch of folks who are going above-and-beyond this week to make this launch extra fun for all by featuring interviews, podcasts, guest posts, and giveaways in support of this […]
It’s a real book!
Look what the UPS man just delivered! My sons were as excited as I was. “Where are they going to sell it, Mommy?” “In the bookstore.” “In the bookstore? Wowee!” The cutest fan club ever.
Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies Virtual Book Launch
Hello, all! My new book Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies hits stores July 5, and I’m hoping you can help me spread the word about my 7-day virtual book launch! From June 29-July 5 on my writers’ advice website DearEditor.com, I’m featuring daily “Free First Chapter Critique” giveaways, free downloads, excerpts from the book, […]
Video Tip: The Twist & Drop
Click over to Tina Nichols Coury’s blog Tales from the Rushmore Kid for a one-minute video tip from yours truly. The topic: Checking to see if your protagonist has completed a full character arc. Happy writing!
A Class for Picture Book Writers
San Diego picture book writers: I highly recommend UCSD Extension’s “Writing Children’s Picture Books” class. Former Harcourt Children’s Book Senior Editor Diane D’Andrade is teaching it, and she’s amazing. She was my first boss in the children’s book biz, and I—along with many bestselling and award-winning authors and illustrators—have learned so much from her. The […]
Free Webinar with Deborah – July 27
Please join me and author Katie Davis for a FREE webinar on July 27, 2011, 9:00-10:oo pm EST. We’ll be talking revision and writing craft and including a giveaway (or two). For full details or to sign up, visit our webinar information page.
Author “Blogsite” vs “Website”? Theresa Stanton Explains
I didn’t know such a thing as a “blogsite” existed until I went to my friend, web designer Theresa Stanton, with my idea for creating a writers’ advice website and said, “Can I do this?” I’d been trying to envision the soon-to-be-named DearEditor.com but I didn’t think a static website could do what I wanted […]
How NOT to Fly the Friendly Skies
I spent Saturday morning and afternoon talking to fifty writers about children’s books at SCBWI’s Cottonwood Revision Intensive Workshop. I spent Saturday night sitting with 100 children in a 737. As far as I was concerned, it was a lovely day all around. One gentleman did not share my opinion of the plane situation. When […]
Hunger Mountain
I’m honored to have an article featured in the summer 2011 issue of HUNGER MOUNTAIN, the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ wonderful journal of the arts. In “Where the Teens Are: 5 Ways to Freshen Up YA Fiction’s Favorite Settings,” I offer writers tips for making familiar teen fiction settings like school and the main […]
Me and My Cohorts in Anderson Valley Post
Anderson Valley Post, the local paper of Anderson Valley, California, ran an article featuring me and my wonderful co-faculty for the Cottonwood Intensive Revision Workshop. To read about author Charlie Price (who just won the 2011 Edgar Award for YA Mystery!!), author/illustrator Dr. Mira Reisberg, and myself, click on over to Anderson Valley Post.
Katie Davis and the Fun of Podcasting
People say I pull off a lot of stuff in a day, but Katie Davis makes my head spin. When she’s not writing and illustrating picture books for young children, she’s podcasting and blogging and videoing and newslettering and plugging literacy on her regular TV news appearances…. Yowza! Katie is a whirlwind of energy and […]
Dummies is Done!
It happened. On Monday I received official word from my editor that the manuscript for Writing Young Fiction for Dummies is moving on to production. “You’re done!” she said. Woo-hoo! Of course, that meant a chocolatey celebration with the four Halverson men. They chose Extraordinary Desserts in Downtown San Diego. If you haven’t been there, […]
Real Life Is Real Inspiration
People often ask writers where they get the ideas for their stories. For me, the simple answer is “From real life.” Both of my published YA novels and the novel I’m currently working on are fictional amalgams of many events in my life, people I’ve met, and news items I’ve read or watched. As things […]
DearEditor.com Now on Facebook
DearEditor.com now has a dedicated Facebook page! I’ll be posting my usual brand of lighthearted, to-the-point writers’ advice and craft tips there, along with inspirational items, publishing news, and alerts when I answer new reader letters on DearEditor.com. I hope you’ll check out the page and click “Like” to get all the latest as I […]
Dreaming “Dystopia” in Today’s Book Market
When a DearEditor.com reader asked about post-apocalyptic novels and the degree of darkness necessary for a true “dystopia,” I immediately thought of author Jeff Hirsch. Not because Jeff is a dark, brooding fellow. In fact, he’s very much the opposite. But with Jeff’s debut novel The Eleventh Plague being a highly-anticipated post-apocalyptic tale and his […]
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