9/11 is an ominous date, but this year I’ll be doing my part to cast a little sunshine on those numbers: I’ll be presenting “How Do You Know Your Manuscript Is Ready for Submission?” at the season-opening meeting of the San Diego chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators’ (SCBWI). Check it […]
Shut Up and DO IT!
My spin class instructor is a tough nut. Today, as I and twenty-four other torture lovers huffed and puffed and groaned our way ‘uphill’ on our stationary bikes, she shouted at us, “You can DO this! WIPE those negative thoughts from your mind! The only word in your head right now should be YES! YES, […]
Dear-Editor.com Anniversary Giveaway – a FREE Substantive Edit
To celebrate the one-month anniversary of Dear-Editor.com, I’m giving away a free Substantive Edit of one Young Adult or Middle Grade fiction manuscript. To enter more than once, spread the word! Deadline: April 14, 2010. Enter & rules at www.Dear-Editor.com.
Interviewed on SellingBooks.com!
Interviews are such fun to do! This time, SellingBooks.com let me ponder-out-loud my passion for writing, the welcome challenges of editing, the joy of Dear-Editor.com, and why half of females aged 18 – 25 want to be run over by a truck. Check it out here!
Chatting in the Writers’ Waiting Room
I had the pleasure of being interviewed for the new writing blog Writers’ Waiting Room. The focus of interview was the creation of Dear-Editor.com, my writers’ advice website. The interview, conducted by the contagiously optimistic Tami Casias, was posted on March 13, and it was fun to do. Writers’ Waiting Room was launched on the […]
New Gig: SCBWI’s Summer 2010 Conference
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be presenting a workshop at the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators’ 39th annual summer conference, which will be held at the Century Hyatt in Los Angeles July 30 through August 2, 2010. My session is “The Ultimate Checklist for Submitting to Editors: 10 Tests a Novel Must […]
Announcing DearEditor.com
What do you do when Fate slips six more hours into your day? You launch a new website, that’s what. I’m excited to announce the launch of www.DearEditor.com, a writers’ advice website where writers, published or not, can ask questions about the craft of writing and/or the publishing industry and get direct answers and actionable […]
Announcing Dear-Editor.com
What do you do when Fate slips six more hours into your day? You launch a new website, that’s what. I’m excited to announce the launch of www.Dear-Editor.com, a writers’ advice website where writers, published or not, can ask questions about the craft of writing and/or the publishing industry and get direct answers and actionable […]
Good People, Part 1
80% of adolescents report being bullied during their school years. Eighty out of one hundred kids. It’s shocking. And it’s the reason I know about Joe Wocjik. Some people seem put on this earth to make a difference. Joe Wocjik is one of them. Along with having been a foster parent to more than 100 […]
Shout-Out to Ms. Miller’s Class!
A big HEY! to Ms. Miller’s students! Thanks so much for a fun ‘virtual visit.’ I love that technology made it possible for us to get together and talk books. Here are links to those blog posts I told you about: “Odd” Jobs (or, I Was a Pro Video Game Player) “Behind-the-Books” blog series (with […]
The Bully Pulpit
I’m sitting in a room with three four-year-olds who are playing peacefully with each other. I’ve got misbehaving grownups on my mind. Kanye West, for one. Two nights ago he stormed onto the stage at the internationally televised MTV awards, ripped the microphone from a nineteen-year-old’s hand during her acceptance speech, and hollered that the […]
The Bully Pulpit
I’m sitting in a room with three four-year-olds who are playing peacefully with each other. I’ve got misbehaving grownups on my mind. Kanye West, for one. Two nights ago he stormed onto the stage at the internationally televised MTV awards, ripped the microphone from a nineteen-year-old’s hand during her acceptance speech, and hollered that the […]
Must I Suffer for My Art?
I stink. No, I’m not referring to my writing, or to my editing, or to my behavior or personality. I mean me, my body, I stink. I completely, absolutely, totally reek of coffee. The ironic thing is, I hate coffee. I can’t stand the taste of it, and the smell is only mildly tolerable to […]
Big Hair, Bathrooms, and High School Reunions
My twenty-year high school reunion was eleven days ago. I missed it. Eleven days ago, I was in another country altogether, furiously scrubbing mold out of our rented house in Lowestoft, England, in preparation for the landlord’s inspection. Sad about not being able to hang out with dear friends I’ve kept up with over the […]
Me and My Big Mouth: Hot Facts About Hot Dogs
July is National Hot Dog Month, today is the Fourth of July (arguably the most hot-dog-centric day of the year), and my novel BIG MOUTH is chock full of hot dogs. Sounds to me like a great time for a closer look at this fine American cuisine… HOT DOGS, TUBE MEAT, WEINIES, FRANKS. Whatever you […]
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