Book Giveaway Results
These were stuck in a cup and drawn at random. The winners of the book giveaway should have received e-mails by now! Congratulations to everyone who won a book, and thank you to everyone who participated!
Read MoreThese were stuck in a cup and drawn at random. The winners of the book giveaway should have received e-mails by now! Congratulations to everyone who won a book, and thank you to everyone who participated!
Read MoreI am about to retreat into Copyedit Cave, but I’d love to give away a few books first, and maybe discuss my profound love for the Novel That Changed My Life. For just the book giveaway, scroll down until you see the pictures! In the meantime, I’ll discuss: THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE It… Read more
Read MoreHello Ello: What’s the Best Writerly Advice You’d Give Your Younger Self – S.J. Kincaid This is a post I did for Ellen Oh’s blog. Her story, THE DRAGON KING CHRONICLES, is being published by HarperCollins in 2013. We’ve been together on the blueboards for a while, and got our contracts around the same time,… Read more
Read MoreIf you’ve been around the writing blogosphere for a while, you’ve probably encountered the same classic bits of advice I have about beginning a story:Never start with a character waking up…Never start with an action scene before a reader is invested in the characters & aware of the stakes involved…Never start with a character gazing… Read more
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