• We’re All in This Together: Motivation Post #2

    How do you keep yourself motivated? We all like to have written, but find it hard to stay motivated to write. Yesterday several children’s writers weighed in on how they stay motivated. Today, Alayne Kay Christian gives several tips for staying motivated. Alayne Kay Christian Author of “Butterfly Kisses for…

  • We’re All in This Together: Motivation Post #1

    How do you keep yourself motivated? We all like to have written, but find it hard to stay motivated to write.  I posed this question to the “We’re All in This Together” folks. Today and tomorrow I will feature writers’ thoughts. Sue Heavenrich Writing about science & nature for…

  • We’re All in This Together: Books that Impact Writers Post #2

    Yesterday, several writers posted about their favorite writing books. Today, you will read about fiction and poetry books that impacted writers when they were younger. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I think this is such a hard question!  When I was 7 or 8, my parents hired a friend…

  • We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #2

    Miranda Paul Children’s author and RateYourStory.org Founder www.MirandaPaul.com 3 Revision Tips for Picture Books 1. Search for “filler” words that add to word count unnecessarily. I am often guilty of using the words “just” “even” “all” and “only” too much, and also of transitions that aren’t needed such as…

  • We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #1

    Today children’s writers share their favorite revision tips. I hope you will find some practice ways to revise your writing in today’s post. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I slog through early stage revision like everyone else — cutting out tens of thousands of words and rewriting.  But the…

  • We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #2

    Yesterday, several children’s writers posted about how they make time to write. Today, we have some more great tips on making time to write. Allison Wexler Weiss Like everything else that I want to accomplish in life, I make writing a priority. But how do I that when, like…

  • We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #1

    If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning, you know that a big theme I have is “making time to write.”  I always learn a lot from hearing about how other busy writers make time to write. No matter what stage in life, no matter what other jobs or…