How to Write and Publish Children's Books
It’s that time again! Many of you have asked whether you should get a creative writing MFA. I have one. I also have opinions about it. That’s why I created Story Mastermind: an online writing workshop, taught over six months, in the comfort of home. Applications for cohort five are open until April 8! Six-Month …
This is a post about Story Mastermind, my small group writing workshop, taught over six months, in the comfort of home. I realize that not everyone here has heard of it, and so I wanted to let you know that applications for cohort four are now open! Six-Month Intensive Small Group Writing Workshop As many …
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Thank you to our last writer of this workshop series, E.S. This is an early draft of a middle grade fantasy. The Workshop Submission It started when the two faceless men knocked at the back door. If I’d known it was them, I would never have answered. The potential for some solid tension here. The …
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Let’s reenter our workshop series, here with a submission from writer C.C. I hope you all had some amazing holiday times with loved ones. Now it’s time to buckle in and head into 2020 writing. And if you want to, you can shout to the world that you’re Too Kidlit To Quit in 2020. 😉 …
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Thank you so much to A.B., who has generously provided the workshop submission for our sixth installment. After the excitement of launching Good Story Company and an unexpected family emergency, I feel good to be back in workshop! The Workshop Text Sometimes it seems like all we do is look for the next place to …
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Today’s middle grade workshop critique comes courtesy of writer E.M. volunteering a novel opening. The Workshop Text Avery Lawson had nine hundred ninety-nine cats. Too bad none of them were real. Love, love, love this grabby opening! It raises a lot of questions and the cheeky voice is immediately interesting. Try to start your novel …
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Thanks for playing along, as always. We continue this week with a YA submission from writer M for the workshop critique. As usual, the normal text formatting is the sample, and my feedback appears in italics. The Workshop Text: Just before the final bell announcing the end of the school year, Miss Gruen, the new …
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Thank you so much for your participation in these critiques. This is the third submission, a middle grade from D.M. Please go ahead and participate with your own feedback in the comments! Let’s Begin the Workshop Critique! It was a mild morning at the end of winter when the shrunken human head arrived at three …
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Thank you all for your participation on last week’s middle grade critique! That turned out to be very fun and I’m super stoked to be doing these workshop submissions. This week, I join you for a young adult submission from A. L. Let’s Begin the Workshop Critique! The end of the world didn’t begin with …
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A few months ago, I asked for some submissions of the first 250 words of novels for the purpose of educational critique. Let’s do it! I’m teeing up some blog posts, and I will try to make it a weekly thing. Please feel free to jump in with thoughts in the comments, too! Thank you …
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