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IDENTIFYING YOUR ANTAGONIST IN YA FICTION

July 30, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

In the midst of working on a new manuscript, I suddenly found myself asking a question that SHOULD have had an obvious answer—especially because the story I am telling involves manipulation, crime, even murder: WHO IS

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Summer’s here. The kids are out of school. And the manuscript you promised yourself you would finish still isn’t finished…

June 10, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

KEEP ON WRITING. AND KEEP ON SMILING!

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Mid-Career Monday: Publishing Across Platforms with Elana Johnson

May 16, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

Elana Johnson is a writer, teacher, tech wiz, and publishing pro extraordinaire. Today we celebrate her latest traditionally-published romance, UNTIL SUMMER ENDS, but Elana has written YA fiction (dystopians, verse novels, romances) for publishers large and

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FREE CLASS THIS SATURDAY at KCLS WOODINVILLE: The Writing Business with Martha Brockenbrough

May 11, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

SATURDAY, May 14, 2016 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA The next class in this FREE writing workshop series, taught by the dynamic dynamo  Martha Brockenbrough, is…  The Writing Business Grammarian extraordinaire,

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A thought for your writing week…

April 25, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

As I look toward the end of April, my stomach starts to clench. I realize that the school year will soon be over and my big plan to finish this manuscript draft befor esummer break has

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Painfully lovely…

April 18, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

I don’t check my author email enough. Due to my techno-incompetence, I’ve got it set up in such a way that there are several steps to reviewing new correspondence. But I try. And once in awhile–sometimes

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REVISION! REVISION! Free Writing Workshop with HOLLY CUPALA this Saturday at KCLS Woodinville

April 6, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA The next class in this FREE writing workshop series will be taught by the ever-charming,  ever-crafty and incredibly talented Holly Cupala Here’s what she’ll

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FREE CLASS THIS SATURDAY IN SEATTLE: How to write a query letter & find a literary agent

March 31, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

As part of the fantastic Seattle Writes Program, I’ll be teaching a FREE CLASS entitled Find an Agent and Submit Your Work: The Art of the Query and the Synopsis at Seattle Public Library’s West Seattle Branch.

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Mid-Career Monday: THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY author Cat Winters on panicking and managing

March 21, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

It’s been in print less than two weeks and Cat Winters‘ latest, THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY, has already been named a Junior Library Guild Selection and amassed an impressive collection of starred reviews. So, I

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Mid-Career Monday: Writing Across Genres with Gretchen McNeil

March 14, 2016December 18, 2020 SWK

Gretchen’s latest foray into horror, RELIC, was released just last week. And, though she’s a master of scary storytelling, the uber-talented Gretchen will celebrate the release of her first YA contemporary this spring with I’M NOT

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