Thanks to a professional development grant from the Access Copyright Foundation I will be attending the whole novel workshop in August. The workshop is provided by Highlights Foundation at their beautiful site in the Pocono Mountains. I just finished submitting the manuscript of my work-in-progress, Cruelty Free, to my mentor Jennifer Jacobson. I am so excited that this book, […]
Category: Writing
Thicken Thou Skin
My latest thoughts on writing and rejection at The Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors; Thicken Thou Skin.
Writing Process Blog Tour
Jennifer Ellis, author of A Pair of Docks (a clever time travel novel – highly recommended), and the newly released In the Shadow of the Mosquito Constellation just tagged me in a series of blog posts about the writing process. Here’s how My Writing Process Blog Tour works: once tagged, you answer four questions about the writing process […]
Interesting link on facebook
Writing tips from Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, and the Gingerbread Man! Courtesy of Darcy Pattison. Happy Holidays!
Schedule? What schedule?
During a recent author visit I was asked to describe a day in the life of an author. I fumbled with the answer because my schedule seems so random and probably not at all representative of the “average” writer. I’ve been thinking about the question a lot since then and I’ve come to a surprising […]