Are You Sure Your Query Is Ready?

One magazine. Hundreds of writers. Thousands of queries. One editor. One desktop … and a trashcan that appears to be incredibly, almost unimaginably deep. Where exactly will your submission go? It has all the makings of an editor’s nightmare. Stacks …

Writing in Rhyme

This is a guest post by Laura Backes, Publisher, Children’s Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children’s Writers. © Copyright 2001, Children’s Book Insider, LLC Dr. Seuss did it, and in the process changed the face of the publishing industry and became …

Get Into Your Writing Space

This is a guest post by by Christine Stewart. I know, you’re brilliant, you don’t need any touchy feely advice on how to create an altar to your writing. You’re doing just fine, thank you. If this is true, great! But I hope you’ll read on anyway, becau …

Working From Home – 10 Keys to Survival

This is a guest post by Anne Varia. Conference calls in your pajamas. Two-hour lunches. Unlimited vacations and endless sick time. Indeed, working at home is every writer’s dream. The truth is, writers and non-writer’s alike tend to glamorize the notio …