by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillHope all our American readers enjoyed their 4th of July holiday. (‘pendence day as my 4 year old calls it.) My husband had the day off work, which was great, but it felt so much like a Saturday yesterday that when he left for work today, the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie Morrill and Jill WilliamsonWe are super excited to announce a co-writing project of ours: We’re writing a writing book for teen and young writers!(Imagine fabulous cover art here)Go Teen WritersWhat you need to turn your first draft into a published...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillFor the last couple weeks, Jill Williamson has done an amazing job of walking us through the publication process. On Friday she talked about how writers get paid, advances, and why it’s important to continue buying books, even though there...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Roseanna M. White, Editor WhiteFire PublishingWe’ve already examined what a really, really bad query letter looks like. So today, we’re going to answer the reader question that deals with the other side–the good query letter. =) To keep it real,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillA writer emailed me to ask, “How can I make my heroine a believable heroine? There is a bit of fighting/action in the book. She won’t always win of course, but how do I make the victories believable? In reality it isn’t easy...