Resources for Diversity in Children's Literature

I'm preparing for an SCBWI Shop Talk on diversity in children's literature. This is the list of "Resources for Diversity" ...

Educational Publishing: Steady Work for Career Writers

This article was originally published in Children’s Book Writer . Publishing professionals mentioned may have changed jobs, so please do you...

A Middle Grade Boxed Set

Boxed e-books sets are everywhere these days  – at least in adult genre fiction. Middle grade boxed sets have been less common, perhaps even...

Surviving the Writing Life III

In my recent posts I've talked about defining success for yourself and comparing yourself to other writers. Here I continue with issues ...

Surviving the Writing Life

In my last post, I talked about starting the new year by Defining Success for yourself, with tips on how to do that. That came out of severa...

Defining Success

This is reprinted from the Project Mayhem blog. Last winter we did several SCBWI schmoozes in Albuquerque on issues in the writing life. Du...

What Do Amazon Sales Rankings Really Mean?

I was answering a question about Amazon rankings on a listserv. Since I looked up some information, I thought I'd share it here as well....

On Becoming a Writer: My Path to Publication

I'm on a listserv for mystery fans, and we recently had a discussion on paths to publication. I wrote up my experience, so I thought I...

Another Company Enters the Self-Publishing Market

Simon & Schuster has announced a new self-publishing imprint, Archway Publishing. The imprint is run by Author Solutions, a vanity press...

Tips for Writing for Content Websites, with Christine Rice

Today's guest is Christine Rice, the author of Freelance Writing Guide: What to Expect in Your First Year as a Freelance Writer . Here...

Namelos Guest Authors: A Different Kind of Publisher

As I mentioned last Friday, I’m hosting a group of namelos authors for the next few weeks. Here they discuss how they got involved with name...