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The #PeerPitch #1st50 Competition is a contest for YA, MG, and Children's manuscripts that are completed and polished. It is the follows the #PeerPitch #1st50 Workshop, which occurs the previous week. Email the first 50 words of your manuscript for … Read More»
NOTE TO MY #AuthorToolbox FRIENDS: unfortunately, this is going to be the week I miss. I recently helped run #Write4Life and it put me so far behind in my work that I can't spare the time for the blog hop this week, so I won't be able to hold up my … Read More»
#Write4Life is an event based on donations, so it is not technically free. Free Online Writing Events (@writevent) is a co-host of the event and all proceeds go to benefit Sarah Thomas. Prizes like critiques, signed books, editing, and more will be … Read More»
As part of my ongoing blog series on how to show, not tell, I've put together this little list of simple tricks for using your setting to maximize Showing. I hope you find it useful! Using Your Setting I always try to make the setting fit the story … Read More»
As part of my ongoing blog series on how to show, not tell, I wanted to offer up some hints and tricks for using dialogue to Show. Writers often use dialogue as a place to dump information, rather than using it as an opportunity to Show character and … Read More»
