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Planning the 2015 Writing Yoga Retreat
This winter’s been kind of brutal. Although not as bad as last winter, I’m still very much looking forward to the changing of the seasons and the coming of some warmer weather. And warmer weather, to...
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Revise & Resubmit: What’s Up With That?
So you finally get a response for one of the gazillion queries you’ve sent to all those perfect-for-you agents that’s not a “thanks but it’s not for me” and they want you to revise and resubmit....
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Quick Questions: An Interview with Scholastic Editorial Director Nancy Mercado
Nancy Mercado began her career in the Scholastic Book Clubs, where she worked for several years, which led her to Dial Books for Young Readers, where she worked as an editor and a senior editor for...
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Inside Scoop: Dish From a Literary Agent Intern – Dreaming… What is It Good...
You’ve been reading my opinions, have seen my advice, and watched me run a contest. But I’ve never really gotten into the nitty-gritty of what I do with Linda, or why. Let’s remedy that now! After...
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Why Write?
Feeling particularly uninspired about blogging, I reached out to my online communities last week to see what folks wanted me to talk about. Thanks to those of you who responded! Your questions mostly...
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Tricks to Break Through Writer’s Block
Let me start off first by saying I don’t really believe there’s an actual thing that is “writer’s block.” I just put that in the title so people would click the link. Seriously. It’s my belief that...
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Inside Scoop: Dish From a Literary Agent Intern… 4 Things I Learned about...
Today I’m going to talk about an experience I had involving a visit to the “mothership” (that’s what a friend and I lovingly call bookstores). I was learning how to write an editorial letter for a...
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Quick Questions: An Interview with Farrar, Straus, Giroux BFYR Editorial...
As editorial director of Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, Joy Peskin manages a department of six editors and edits a range of books for children and teenagers. Books she has edited for FSG...
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Top 10 Things I Say To Authors at Conferences
This past weekend I was at the New England SCBWI conference, Thinking Outside the Crayon Box, doing query critiques and manuscript critiques. First of all, I happen to love going to this conference....
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Writing Informs the Yoga. Yoga Informs the Weekend.
As many of you may know, I co-lead a writing retreat each summer on Long Island, The Writing Yoga Retreat. It’s all kinds of good for oh so many reasons. And you don’t have to already do yoga to...
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The Low Down on Writing Picture Books
Don’t kid yourself thinking that writing a picture book is easy. In my opinion, writing a picture book takes more skill and craft than writing a novel. Well, perhaps that’s not true, but it takes a...
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On Pooh and Writing Our Lives
I’m thinking about storytelling. I was in Boston for the weekend at my daughter’s graduation from college. Not only am I someone who’s in the business of stories, but I can’t help but see the stories...
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Inside Scoop: Dish from a Literary Agent Intern – On Motivation
Today I want to talk about that thing called motivation, something that might be hard to find when you are feeling defeated, lost or unsettled, like nothing in life is going to work out. Sometimes...
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Book Expo Recap: Books in the wild, a squee, and a T
Happy June! I’m just about recovered from going to the Book Expo last week. I had a great time, sneaking out of the Javits Center to have a quick lunch with my rockstar client Bill Konigsberg. Bill...
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Quick Questions: An Interview with Disney-Hyperion Senior Editor Rotem Moscovich
In her role as Senior Editor at Disney-Hyperion, Rotem Moscovich feels lucky to work with so many talented picture book and middle grade novel creators, including Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin,...
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Inside Scoop: Dish From a Literary Agent Intern – Moving on Up
Alas, my friends, this is to be my last post as intern! I have to first say, the experience I have had with Linda has been beyond anything that I could have imagined. I have learned more about myself...
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Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy
Hello, hello! It’s officially summer so I’m going to bid you all farewell for a bit, as I retire from blogging until late August or the beginning of September. I have a great lineup of guest bloggers...
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From one of my all-time favorite authors. You’re welcome.
Writing advice from Kurt Vonnegut. Tagged: Kurt Vonnegut
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Guest blogger Jodi McKay: Why We Love Quirky Picture Books
Is it just me or are we seeing more and more quirky picture books elbowing their way onto bookstands? I’m not complaining, as that is what I like to write, but I am curious about why they are becoming...
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Guest blogger M-E Girard: A Queer Writing Retreat Where No Writing Happened
On June 22, I flew to LA for the 2015 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Lambda Literary is a nonprofit organization that promotes queer literature (by queer writers) through...
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