Thursday, January 25

Discerning your genre: MG, EYA or YA?

Thursday, January 25, 2018 Laurel Garver
By guest Shannon L. Mokry So you want to write a children’s book, but you don’t know where to begin? First get those ideas on paper, just the basic outline or concept to start...

Thursday, January 18

8 Aspects You Are Missing in Your World-Building

Thursday, January 18, 2018 Laurel Garver
by guest Kandi J. Wyatt As you open the pages of a good book, you are beckoned into a new world, a place where magic may exist or where people travel between planets on trains....

Thursday, January 11

Editor on call: using then/than and lose/loose

Thursday, January 11, 2018 Laurel Garver
Today I'm addressing two pairs of "spelling challenge" words a reader asked me to discuss. These pairs perplexed me a bit, because they aren't actually homophones. But because...

Thursday, January 4

Drawing from the well of experience

Thursday, January 04, 2018 Laurel Garver
The writing habit can be difficult to maintain when you are experiencing a lot of stress. Creativity happens best in states of relaxation, says Roseanne Bane in Around the Writer's...
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