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So, I’m sure many frustrated writers out there exhausted by constant rejection and all the tough aspects of breaking into the business find themselves considering self-publishing. I admit I have a bias against it. I’m pretty insecure about my writing. […]

Thanks to author Karen Kincy for posing this question on Twitter. All I know about her is that she’s smart and snarky and obviously a gifted writer. Check out her website www.karenkincy.com and watch out for her young adult urban […]

I’ve been thinking about what it is that keeps me writing and working at something. Because most of the time it is really hard to keep going. I would never ever give up writing. It’s as much a part of […]

When I was first published and still living in the hazy, warm dream of having a book out there, on book store shelves and in libraries, many of my friends told me that they had always wanted to write a […]

This is how I think it should be. We rove (or drift) through life examining things of interest, finding them in books or movies or by direct contact. An acorn, a jet plane engine, bruschetta, a grand jete, a lemon […]

….like replacing ‘s’ with ‘z’. I mean how 1987 lame is that? One of the downsides to reading tons of very informative and entertaining editor and agent blogs is that I get a window into the business side of publishing. […]

I follow Book2Book on Twitter.com and they recently posted this article which I thought was interesting. I’m assuming that since Puffin and Viking have a long history of working together this will work out to everyone’s satisfaction. David Almond’s certainly- […]

So I caved, mostly due to writer Nicola Morgan (http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com) and her infectious turns of phrase. Plus I am apparently as pliable as a rubber spoon. You can follow me there if you like. Log on to www.twitter.com and search […]

The Woodstock Childrens Library presents: YA! YU? Because its fun!!!!! WRITING YA A TWO-PART WRITING WORKSHOP FOR 12 to17 YEAR- OLDS WITH JO TREGGIARI, AUTHOR OF The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton YA (YOUNG ADULT FICTION) IS THE HOTTEST GENRE […]

Since I cannot for the life of me figure out how to open and show all the other pages on my website including the one listing the writing and publishing blogs I often browse, I thought I’d list them in […]