by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m spending my morning speaking at my old middle school’s Career Day. This is my third year doing it, and I always go in feeling a bit queasy. Of course I once wore pleather pants in those hallways, so maybe the nausea is unrelated to public...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m super excited to host Lisa T. Bergren today! Ms. Bergren has authored many books, but it’s her River of Time series I want to highlight today. It’s a teen time travel series in which two girls go from modern times to medieval Italy. I love...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the things I’ve noticed in my early manuscripts is I have practically zero details about the setting.Part of this is because I’ve read books that (I felt) had waaaaay too many details about the draperies and the wallpaper and such. I knew I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Roseanna White, acquisitions editor for WhiteFire PublishingGetting an editor’s attention—and keeping it all the way through a proposal—is tough. Pinpointing the “right way” to do this is also tough. But you know what’s pretty easy? Pinpointing the wrongway to do...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m really excited about this round’s contest, and I hope you guys will be too. I’ll share what the prompt is, and then for the first time I’ll give a sample. This is a different type of prompt, so I hope an example will help clarify:NAME was...
