What makes your manuscript stand out? We know how important that first line is for hooking an agent, editor, and reader. Now show us some great beginnings! Open to picture book, chapter book, middle grade or young adult. Deadline: Midnight April 2, 2011. First Prize: A query critique by agent Mary Kole (Andrea Brown Literary […]
red scarves are instant popularity
So apparently red scarves create instant popularity. At least, it does if you wear it to LTUE like Brodi and Elana Johnson (apparently I missed that memo, because my scarf was brown. Note to self: buy a red scarf and wear it to the next writing conference. Unless the color for that conference is purple […]
LTUE and spitting pearls
So I have been attending Life the Universe and Everything this weekend, and it’s been fabulous. I’ve been going for the past few years, and somehow this year got even better. Highlights from this year’s LTUE include: 1. Learning suspense [and how to scare people] from Dan Well can give you nightmares, and not only […]
critiques: go get ’em!
Hello all aspiring authors (and even veteran authors). As many of you already know, one of the best things you can do for your writing is to get your work critiqued. Now that we have that established, I decided to list some of the different options you have when it comes to being critiqued. I […]
Chersti Nieveen 