“Nothing About Us Without Us”
A preview of upcoming panels where I talk about the importance of #OwnVoices books featuring autistic and other disabled protagonists.
A preview of upcoming panels where I talk about the importance of #OwnVoices books featuring autistic and other disabled protagonists.
I didn't always write fiction. After losing a contract for a YA novel many years ago, I decided to take a sure thing -- an offer on a nonfiction proposal…
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 from my…
When querying agents or submitting to publishers, writers often encounter the question, "What are the comps?" "Comps?" The word refers to comparative -- or competitive -- titles. Nonfiction book proposals…
What do you do when someone comes out with a book eerily similar to your unpublished project? How to survive being "scooped."
Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.
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.
Interview with Nicole Valentine on writing the time travel novel, the need for persistence, and the inspiration for her debut.
I received my #KidsNeedMentors match for this year and look forward to working with a sixth grade class, Lego included.
Susan Shapiro's Secrets of Publishing panel offers experiences of and useful advice from authors who debuted in their 60s.