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New Writers: What To Do If You Think You Want To Be Published

August 4, 2010 1 Comment

If you’re not a professional writer, but think that you might want to be, where do you start? How do you get something published?

Here are a few tips for where to start when you have something to say and want to see it in print.

Know your goals.
Join a writers’ critique group.
If you’re not sure of your writing mechanics, hire an experienced copyeditor to show you how to improve.
Learn about the writing, editing, and publishing industry.
Accept the fact that there are standard procedures and timetables in the publishing industry.
Get involved with writers’ groups and professional associations.
Enjoy the process.

You can read the full post at Words Into Books.

National Picture Book Writing Week: May 1-7

May 3, 2010 Post a comment

It’s officially NaPiBoWriWee (type that a dozen times!), and I’m enjoying the freedom to just write. Of course there are a million things I really ought to be doing–all the stuff that feeds the body, not the soul. But for this week, I’m trying to complete 7 picture book drafts in 7 days. I hope you’ll try it too!

You can read more about NaPiBoWriWee at Words Into Books, my writing blog. The next post here will be back to business, but for now, let’s just write!

Is Silence Necessary for Writing?

March 22, 2010 Post a comment

Storyteller Louis L’Amour said he could write in the middle of a busy intersection with his typewriter on his lap. Not necessarily a good idea, I would think, but I envy his concentration. Once started, I can focus like nobody’s business. My family knows that if I’m writing, they have to work hard (aka “be obnoxious”) in order to derail me. However, it’s the getting started that’s occasionally a challenge. Read more…

Should You Write What You Know?

February 24, 2010 Post a comment

Write who you are.

Write who you want to be.

Write where you want to go.

What what you want to know.

Write what you want to write.

Write to spend time with people who entertain you.

Write what you want to read.

Write to find out why you write.

J.D. Salinger successfully wrote what he knew, but remembered angst isn’t a necessary ingredient for success. Writers write for many reasons: some to ponder, some to explore, and others to reveal. It isn’t necessary to transcribe actual experience to paper– writers harbor pockets of deep knowledge that can be expressed in many shapes, forms, genres.

Few books are truer than the Lord of the Rings, ….Read more…

New Writers: What To Do If You Think You Want To Be Published

National Picture Book Writing Week: May 1-7

Is Silence Necessary for Writing?

Should You Write What You Know?

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