My debut novel will be released in 2013, so I applied for the SCBWI Book Launch Award—some extra funds to…
Here is yesterday’s fabulous post from io9.com: The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar, written by storyboard artist Emma…
When lots of characters are introduced at the start of a novel, I can’t keep them straight. No matter how…
It’s kill my darlings time. Major revisions a-comin’. Seasoned writers talk easily about it—the need to delete descriptions, characters and…
In the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Poets & Writers magazine, John Stazinski (page 29) bemoans the tendency of MFA programs…
Last month a young woman told me she was pursuing a PhD in children’s literature instead of an MFA because…