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Writers’ Rumpus is 2 years old this week! Our first post, Let the Writers’ Rumpus Start!, went live on June 11, 2013. Since then, we’ve

By Carrie Charley Brown Writers could probably go crazy if they stopped to analyze all of the agent desires that are out there. This one

We’ve fielded questions of all varieties about how the heck we write something as personal as a novel alongside someone else. Well, we have answers.

I consider my writing comfort zone to be chapter books in a series. This is not surprising to me. Ever since I was little, I have

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Josh Funk is clever, kind, and funny. He’s in my on-line critique group and part of the New England chapter of SCBWI,

There are two aspects to each story— what it is about and how it is written. Three young adult novels I’ve read over a span

By Carrie Charley Brown As soon as you walk into my house, you get a glimpse of my office. It is not neat. It is

Inspired by my many hours of listening to audiobooks on my daily commute (see Audiobooks as Leisure Time Part 1 and Part 2), I decided

Having been in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, NY last year during the crazy busy Mermaid Parade, I was interested when I received an

Every day, more and more people take pen to paper (or put fingers to keys) in search of their inner muse. It takes a long

Are you certain you know who you are writing for and what species of story you’ve concocted? These two significant pieces of information must be

Today is World Backup Day 2015. Save your work in progress before you lose it to an April Fool’s virus! Here are some simple suggestions.

By Carrie Charley Brown As you might have noticed from Shape Your Story, Part One and Two, using a formula can often springboard me smack

There are two questions I get most often from well-intentioned family and friends. The first is “You must be so rich now that your book

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