I’m currently reading Writing the Fiction Series by Karen S. Wiesner. This accomplished author has written 136 books over 22 years. This includes 16 series, which makes it clear why she is an authority on writing series. What follows is not a book review, but rather, insights I gained from…
Word offers two tools that every writer should know: FIND and FIND AND REPLACE. Each feature can improve the quality and efficiency of writing. Both are especially helpful during the editing/revision process. FIND One of my favorite ways of using the FIND feature is to type in each of the…
I had planned to write a post on my Work-in-Progress (WIP), but decided to do a Google search on “WIP” to see what other sources had to say on the subject. To my surprise, I discovered the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has an upcoming award program…
The advice for fantasy writers twenty-five years ago was to build a reputation by publishing short stories in the numerous magazines focused on speculative fiction. Entering writing contests served as an additional avenue to generate exposure. Once the author had established some credentials with short fiction, the door to publishing…
The college professor listed the grading criteria for the creative writing class. He spent much of the time describing his expectations of a writer’s journal we were to keep for the entire semester. We had to purchase a composition notebook and number each page, except for the first page, which…