• We’re All in this Together: Rituals and Routines

    Do you have a writing ritual or routine? Is there a certain place you sit down to write? Do you have to have a certain thing to drink? A particular time of day? If you do, how do you think it helps you as a writer? If you don’t,…

  • 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 #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…

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

    I am a member of several writing circles. One thing that we all have in common is persisting in the face of rejection. I’m starting a new series of posts this week featuring some of my writer friends. I’m calling it “We’re All in This Together” because many times…