By Kirsti Call I’m a sucker for a good writing challenge. Something about working with a bunch of other writers really gets me motivated. This
Category: Writing – Tools, Tips & Resources
Chapter Book Blueprints
I didn’t have much experience dissecting chapter books until I started writing them. I’m not sure if any other authors go through the same process when
Author Interview: Jane Kohuth
Jane Kohuth sent me her newest book, Anne Frank’s Chestnut Tree, to look at, and in checking out her web site I found out we
November Word Wars: NaNoWriMo and PiBoIdMo
By Jen Malone November is upon us: jumping in leaf piles, watching football, inhaling turkey, and trying to ignore all those “XX Shopping Days Until
Unblocking Writer’s Block
By Liz LeSavoy Everyone gets writer’s block. At least that’s what I tell myself every time I find myself staring at my computer, my hands
Where Do I Begin?
By Josh Funk So, you have an idea for a children’s story. You even stay up late one night clacking away on your laptop in
12 Questions for 12 x 12 founder, Julie Hedlund
Julie Hedlund is the author of A Troop is Group of Monkeys and A Shiver of Sharks. Her website is an incredible resource for writers. She is a
How to Format a Manuscript
By Jen Malone I know there are many other places on the fancy schmancy intrawebz to get this information, but I’m not so sure the
S.O.S. Sending Out Submissions
By Heather Fenton Much like the adage “you can’t win if you don’t play”, you can’t get published if you don’t send your manuscript to
Why is a picture book thirty-two pages?
Most picture book writers and illustrators learn pretty quickly that a standard picture book is thirty-two pages long. But why? True, that is a convenient
Self-Publishing in the Land of Oz Part II
Read-Self Publishing in the Land of Oz Part I here. CreateSpace is Amazon’s platform for self-publishing paperback copies of a book, and the method I
Just Keep Swimming
By Jen Malone As a writer, I’m always searching for inspiration (read: procrastinating), but I especially love stories of perseverance because, as anyone who dreams
The Alphabet Soup of Publishing
By Jen Malone Paul’s fantastic post about receiving his F&G (folded and gathered) copy of MONSTER NEEDS A COSTUME had me thinking about all the
Self-Publishing in the Land of Oz Part I
A writer can self-publish a book nowadays through many different sites; Kindle Direct from Amazon, Smashwords, Pubit from Barnes and Noble, Lulu and CreateSpace, just
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