Writers are atlas makers Do you remember playing make-believe when you were little? Playing with your friends, or with dolls or stuffed animals, and creating elaborate and often complex scenarios, relationships, situations, and rules within a make-believe world...
"I always find if you read fiction out loud you know what you have to change by what you stumble over." - Alice Hoffman. As anyone who has worked with me knows, I'm a huge proponent of reading our manuscripts aloud. It's critical to do this when your work is a...
Publishers have backlist – the list of older books still available to the public, as opposed to titles newly published, called frontlist. Building a strong and reputable backlist has traditionally been seen as the way to produce a profitable publishing house. Backlist...
Ingredients: - 2-12 dedicated authors (can be of different genres & formats; can be of same genre & format) - heaping doses of imagination - heaping doses of respect - heaping doses of sensitivity - liberal doses of gentle honesty (if you opt for...
As hard as it is to believe three years have gone by since I put out my shingle, it’s entirely gratifying to be so busy and fulfilled by the work I love—by work that seems to be filling a need in the children’s book community. During these three years...
This poem sits over my desk; I see it everyday. But I don't always read it. Today, New Year's Day, I read it anew, with fresh eyes--and promise myself to pay attention, to pay heed, to witness, to be present, and to allow whatever is meant to happen to happen...