There’s nothing like spending time on site.
No matter your book’s setting, readers expect you’ll not only set the scene with vivid details, but also that you’ll get those details right. It’s hard to achieve that if you’ve done all your research online.
My wife and I just returned from a … Continue reading
And other traits wanna-be writers ignore.
Soon after I took the reins of the magazine, I updated its policies for submitting material. Anything potential writers needed to know about sending articles and photos, those guidelines covered.
As to each issue’s deadline, it’s posted on the Contents page.
With such specific information, prospective writers follow those procedures and meet those deadlines, right?
In my dreams.
Remember to review your verbs.
While I’ve worked and taught with several bestselling writers, I learned one of my best tips from someone who wrote picture books for children.
She advised writers to print out their first two pages and circle every verb. “You don’t want,” she said, “writing that’s isy and wasy.”
Thirty years later, I’m still seeking and correcting wasy … Continue reading