There's a new agent contest for Middle Grade Writers. Check it out on the Writer's Digest website ( Read more... )

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Can you name a MG or YA adventure that is about a child/teen protagonist, but includes her/his mother as central to the plot (in a good way ( Read more... )

Ha- I meant to make my last post a private "note to self," but accidentally posted it publicly. Thanks to those who replied. I've been lurking here every day, thinking of you all, but haven't felt like I had anything to share that would be worth reading ( Read more... )

My boss gave me some sage advice for when I eventually try to stay home and write ( Read more... )

Apparently, Amazon.com won the auction for the 7th copy (of only 7 copies) of JK Rowling's _The Tales of Beedle the Bard_. The proceeds went to her charity. Amazon plans to take the book on a tour of schools and libraries. The book is GORGEOUS, leather-bound with moonstones and silver carvings. It's handwritten and contains JKR's own drawings. You ( Read more... )

J.K. Rowling outed him. Read all about it.

If you've ever auditioned for a play, you may have found that you could read certain characters better than others; that some part of you related to the witch more than the spunky news reporter or vice-versa. You may have read scripts and thought *this* is the character for me or you may have got cast as someone you didn't choose and stumbled ( Read more... )

Wow. Most of you are probably already aware of this, but Write4Kids has posted this awesome chart for writers to use to calculate tax deductions.

I'm home! Now comes time to unpack both my suitcases and mind (the contents of the latter will be filed, below).

Here are the most important things I learned this summer:

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