This is my first post here, and I want to lead with something I feel very strongly about: Your first draft does not suck. How many times...

A few years ago I was on a plane, flying home with my family after a vacation in upstate New York and Manhattan. It was the best vacation, filled with lots of road-tripping, museums, lazy days by the lake, and relatives we hadn't seen in a while. I'd recently finished revisions on a novel I'd been working on, and had set it aside for a few weeks after completing some revisions suggested by an agent who'd expressed interest in the book. I was excited to read it on the plane af

I came across a post the other day from a writer who wanted to know if they were too old to start writing a book, something that they had...

Notice the title of this is not how to  write  a query letter. There are already so many helpful resources out there, which I’ve outlined...

Since I'm in the midst of querying, I thought it might be helpful to share a list of resources for writers who are starting to think...

In spring 2024, I participated in the online auction, KidLit4Ceasefire, which was created to help the kidlit and publishing community...

It happens. I wish this were a post about the picture above, which is a car stuck in snow. Because it can feel a lot easier to get...