what’s so dang funny? the plot

You might be Robin Williams in everyday life, but that won’t do you much good in your WIP.  When a writer uses humor, it has to serve the story.  Otherwise, you get a bunch of random one-liners that jump out at the reader like an Attack of the Living Dead.
Buff up your plot with situational [...]

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i’m so excited that i just can’t hide it

Elizabeth C. Bunce’s  A CURSE DARK AS GOLD wins the American Library Association’s William C. Morris YA Debut Award. 2009 is the first year for this award, which honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The work cited will illuminate the [...]

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10 sites for kidlit authors, and other funlovers

This is known as “The Lazy Girl’s Way to Blog”.

But these really are great links.  If I do say so myself.  I surf the net until my toes are wrinkled every week, putting together the Sunflower Scoop newsletter for KSCBWI.  I’ve picked up a few things along the way.
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Keenan Gundy. Dovie Bertog. Hedwig Nardone.
Names [...]

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