Thanks to all for your votes on the photo inspiration pieces. I’ve crunched the numbers (i.e. looked at the bars to see which was the longest), and the top three finalists are… … Amy W. for Photo #1 Rachel M. for Photo #2 and Alicia for Photo #3. So, take […]
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I fell down on the job yesterday, promising you the chance to vote for your favorite photo-inspiration pieces, and then not following through! I think I underestimated how wiped out I would be after my Nia Green Belt training over the weekend. Anyway, let’s see if we can’t make up […]
Continuing our series of photographic inspiration for writers, which we started on Thursday, here’s the final image, from Flickr user Fran Pregernik. What does this say to you? Ready? Set. Write! (Tomorrow I’ll post the polls!)
Continuing our series of photographic inspiration for writers, which we started on Thursday, here’s the next image, from Flickr user mintyfreshflavour. What does this say to you? (And no cheating! Please don’t click on the link to the photograph on Flickr until AFTER you’ve written your piece!) I’m looking forward […]
We talk a lot about how to sell a book here, but little about how to write it. On my part, that’s mostly because I find the people coming to my site already have an inkling of the process of writing a novel, but also because my specialty is in […]
If I haven’t made it perfectly clear already, I’m a woman of many interests. As much as I love books (and I *love* books), I’m also a huge fan of tv and movies (note the shoes from Sofia Coppola’s production of Marie Antoinette). Not all of them, sure, but I […]
Wow — you guys kept me reading all day! I’m thrilled so many of you took up the Writing Prompt challenge, but in the end, I’m afraid there can be only one winner. The winning hook: Levi’s got the charm, the looks and the right amount of naughty to get […]
Had a bit of a crazy day, and having realized as I was on my way out to a vet appointment for the office puppies that I hadn’t posted yet today, I asked on Twitter what I should talk about. One of my followers mentioned kt literary client Trish Doller’s […]
Sorry, guys, I've got a headache attacking my brain like Godzilla in Tokyo, so allow me to just fill this space with links, ok? Thanks. Anokaberry includes Ellen Booraem's The Unnameables in her list of Best Books of 2008 for Middle-Grade Readers, while Literate Lives also does a very nice write-up, arguing for its inclusion on the Newbery list.