This is sort of a continuation of Monday’s post about the importance of writer friends–but it’s more about why we don’t always seek out those relationships. Or why we might not even breathe a word about our writing for the first while (or possibly forever). I bet you can guess where I’m going with this: The reason […]
I think I’ve probably talked about this before, but I’m not sure I’ve ever laid out the point quite like I’m about to. What point is that? One of the most important steps in your writing journey is forming friendships with other writers. I didn’t appreciate this as a young writer–back in my tween and […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
It’s that day again…except NOT. Because today is different from other Fridays. Today is riddled with horror and bad luck. Today might be the worst day for publishing…or maybe the best–if you’re one of those superstitious-opposites people. No matter the terrors of the day, it’s still time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know if in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
Recently, a writer friend of mine wrote a wonderful post about which point of view (POV) she prefers to use in her manuscripts. This got me thinking about what I prefer because lately, I’ve had some epiphanies about POV. Specifically this: the POV you use in your story actually matters. It seems like such an […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know if in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
It’s been over a year since I started the novel Screechers. It was something I wrote in a burst of inspiration… AFTER writing 50,000 words of pure crap and throwing it all away. (It sucked. It needed to be thrown away. You can read about that little detour into crapdom here.) Then, after writing close to […]