Writing a Picture Book Query
For those of you who have been following my progress in the smories.com competition with my picture book entry ‘Can You Jump Like a Kangaroo‘ I have some good news to share. The competition ended two...
View ArticlePreparing to Query
You’ve written your query, got it critiqued, edited it and polished it, now it is ready to get sent out to agents or publishers. I don’t know about you, but for me that’s the scary part. What if I...
View ArticleHelpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts – July 2010 Edition
I just realised it’s been two months since I last did one of these, so here is a round up of some helpful writing sites and blog posts I’ve come across in the past two months: You Have to Believe...
View ArticleWrite On Con – Writer’s Conference
My critique partner tipped me off about Write on Con and I’m so glad she did. Write on Con is an online conference for writers taking place on the 10th, 11th and 12th of August. It is completely free...
View ArticleWrite On Con Starts in 12 Hours
Write on Con – the free online conference for writers – starts in twelve hours. The first event will be posted at 6am EDT (US)/ 8pm AEST (Aus). I’m getting very excited, especially since this will be...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Let Rejection Get You Down
I read a really encouraging blog post by literary agent Natalie Fischer today. She started off by telling this story: “I’m going to tell you a little story about a boy named Theodore Geisel (shh, now...
View ArticleHelpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts – August 2010 Edition
It’s that time of the month again, time to give a round-up of all the helpful writing sites and blog posts I’ve come across in the past month. I have quite a few this month so I’ll break them up into...
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