Scooped!
What do you do when someone comes out with a book eerily similar to your unpublished project? How to survive being "scooped."
What do you do when someone comes out with a book eerily similar to your unpublished project? How to survive being "scooped."
Taking stock of my 2019 New Year's Resolutions, and celebrating the achievement of 2 out of 3, both of them related to my Lego work.
Starting afresh in a new apartment and with a new book deal, a middle grade historical novel in verse co-authored with Zetta Elliott.
A collective memoir of the occupied Polish-Ukrainian city of Lwów (Lviv) before, during, and after World War II as an alternative to the Hero's Journey.
Announcing my husband, Richard Lachmann's, new book, First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship, with an unboxing (or unbagging) of his finished copies.
Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.
For authors with extended dry spells (five years or more since your last contract), reasons for applying for the SCBWI Jane Yolen Mid-List Author grant.
A discussion of historical fiction and historical fantasy for middle grade and YA readers, and why magic and invention hold so much appeal.
A celebration of Olga Tokarczuk's Nobel Prize in Literature, which also means celebrating her many translators. #bemoreolga
Do you give up on a manuscript and move on after a pile of rejections, or do you revise to take feedback into account? Arguments for sticking with a story.