A Deadline and a Pandemic
Sunday night, I wrote “THE END” on the draft of my part of the verse novel MOONWALKING, the story of an unlikely interracial friendship in Brooklyn in 1982...
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What Are Comps and Why Are They Important?
When querying agents or submitting to publishers, writers often encounter the question, “What are the comps?” “Comps?” The word refers to...
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Punch Up, Punch Down, Punch Sideways
Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.
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Strategies for Persistence: The Next Book
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.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
