by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillThis is a question that’s being discussed in the Go Teen Writers Facebook group, and it’s something that I have regularly asked myself for the last 12 years. In this busy life, how can I find time to write?Don’t trick yourself...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Jill WilliamsonSome of you had such great questions in regards to advances that I had to go ask my agent friends to be able to answer you. Here is what I learned.1. I have a limited experience! Keep in mind, I (Jill) have been published in the Christian Booksellers...
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 Jill Williamson | Jun 29, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonSo you’ve taken the time to write a book, to rewrite it over and over, to edit it, to find an agent, then work on the book with your agent, and it finally sold. Sweet! That was, like, three years of work with no pay, though. But now...
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...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 26, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonIn case you missed last Tuesday’s post (click here to read it), I walked you through a hypothetical scenario of getting your book submitted to an editor and how the editor got the publisher to make an offer. You’re signed the contract and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillLast week I had the joy of hanging out at the One Year Adventure Novel conference in Olathe, Kansas. (If you’re a homeschool student or parent, this curriculum is amazing. Definitely check it out.)I got to do some fun/scary things like talk...
