Learning from OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse

by | Feb 24, 2014 | Blog, Writing

Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, and whether you want to call it research or priming the pump, every author has a list of books that are “must reads” before beginning the first draft of a new work. For me, Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust was at the top of the...

Leaping from Book One to Book Two

by | Feb 17, 2014 | Blog

  Now that Crazy is cruising nicely toward an October release, it’s time to turn my attention back to book two.  I hope you will pop over to the blog at OneFourKidLit today where I am pondering some strategy. AND I will love for you to jump into the...

TA-DAH! THE COVER IS HERE…..

by | Feb 10, 2014 | Blog, Writing

  I know, I know, it’s what’s inside that really matters.  But after you’ve poured your soul into the best story you could possibly write, chewed all your nails down to the quick to find an agent and/or an editor who loves your work, and...