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- Category: agents
- how to find a great children's book agent (3)
- should I find a literary agent now?
- how to submit your work to children's book literary agents
- exclusive submission or simultaneous submission? (3)
- what's here
- analyze this! form rejections, personal rejections, revision requests and more (6)
- Oops! I did it again: mistakes in submissions (3)
- status queries: when and how to do it (7)
- status updates: when and how to do it
- how to interview a literary agent (2)
- how to avoid children's book scams (4)
- top do's and don'ts: attending a children's writer and illustrator conference (6)
- Q: How do I know if a literary agent is great? (4)
- Wanna learn more about my agent Jennifer Rofe?
- Making the Most out of your Conference Critique (4)
- Category: Authors on the Verge
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Emily Ecton, middle-grade novelist (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Maggie Stiefvater, young adult novelist (13)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Danette Haworth, middle-grade novelist (12)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Chris Rettstatt, middle-grade fantasy series novelist (13)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Meg Medina, middle-grade and picture book author (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Gayle C. Krause, picture book author (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Nancy Viau, middle grade novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Cyn Balog, young adult fantasy novelist (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet David Macinnis Gill, middle grade novelist (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Aprilynne Pike, young adult fantasy novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Saundra Mitchell, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Laurel Snyder, picture book and middle grade author
- Authors on the Verge: Meet R.J. Anderson, middle grade fantasy novelist (4)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Erin Dionne, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet J.E. MacLeod, young adult novelist (4)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Samantha R. Vamos, picture book author (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet C. Lee McKenzie, young adult novelist (8)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Jenny Moss, middle grade novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Kurtis Scaletta, middle grade novelist (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Cynthea Liu, middle grade and YA novelist (11)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Neesha Meminger, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet J.C. Phillipps, picture book author-illustrator (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Deborah Lytton, young adult novelist (3)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Mark Fink, young adult novelist (3)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Sydney Salter, young adult novelist (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Deva Fagan, middle grade novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Cheryl Renee Herbman, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Nan Marino, middle grade novelist (6)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Cindy Pon, young adult novelist (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Fran Cannon Slayton, middle grade novelist (3)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Megan Frazer, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Sarah Rees Brennan, young adult novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Mandy Hubbard, young adult novelist (2)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Kate Messner, middle grade novelist (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Megan Crewe, young adult novelist (5)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet L.K. Madigan, novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Rhonda Stapleton, young adult novelist (5)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich, middle grade novelist
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Amy Brecount White, young adult novelist (1)
- Authors on the Verge: Meet Teri Hall, young adult novelist (1)
- Category: chapter books
- Category: conferences
- Category: easy readers
- Category: editors
- how to format your manuscript (19)
- how to submit your work to children's book literary agents
- exclusive submission or simultaneous submission? (3)
- analyze this! form rejections, personal rejections, revision requests and more (6)
- Oops! I did it again: mistakes in submissions (3)
- status queries: when and how to do it (7)
- status updates: when and how to do it
- monster list of childen's book editor interviews, blogs, and more (4)
- what's here
- Why should I target my submission to a specific editor at a publisher?
- how to avoid children's book scams (4)
- top do's and don'ts: attending a children's writer and illustrator conference (6)
- Making the Most out of your Conference Critique (4)
- Category: FAQs
- Q: Should you copyright your manuscript before sending it out? (1)
- Q: I am writing a picture book manuscript. Should I include art specs for each page? (5)
- Q: How do I know if a literary agent is great? (4)
- Q: If a publisher’s guidelines says to address all submissions to a general submissions editor...
- Q: I want to write for teens, but I’m much older than a teen...
- Q: What elements make for a good hook, particularly at a story’s outset?
- Q: I already had my children's book illustrated and/or made other products to go with it...What now?
- FAQ: Italics or underlines in a manuscript? (2)
- Q: Should I email my submissions?
- Q: Many publishers have multiple editors in charge of acquisition. Which one do I contact? (5)
- Q: What does high-concept fiction mean?
- Category: guest articles
- Category: middle grade and YA novel series
- BEHIND THE BOOK: How to write for a children's or teen book series (Part I) (4)
- BEHIND THE BOOK: How to write for a children's or teen book series - Part II (a study checklist)
- BEHIND THE BOOK: How to write for a children's or teen book series - Part III (elements of a proposal)
- BEHIND THE BOOK: How to write for a children's or teen book series - Part IV (sample chapters)
- Category: my story
- The Grinch lives at the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
- how I found my critique partners (3)
- my first query letter
- I dared to email an attachment to an agent
- I dared to write a talking animal book
- So a guy rings this girl's door bell... (8)
- top ten from scbwi-la and a chance to win a full-tique
- scbwi-la: part deux and a word about firedrill (4)
- proof of my insanity: what's cooking tonight (3)
- in lieu of a useful article, look what I did!
- anyone hungry? photo of the feast (2)
- And the answer is to the free-tique question is...
- Top Ten Highlights SCBWI-LA Conference 2007 (2)
- PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE is listed in PM! (4)
- The paperback version of my crash course is here! (2)
- Wanna learn more about my agent Jennifer Rofe?
- Don't ask, and I shall receive? And a new article series for my launch ... (2)
- BEHIND THE BOOK: How to write for a children's or teen book series (Part I) (4)
- Category: picture books
- to draw or not to draw?
- how long does a book have to be? (23)
- how to format your manuscript (19)
- status queries: when and how to do it (7)
- how to critique rhyming children's poems
- anthropomorphic characters: a.k.a. talking animals (18)
- revision 9-1-1: how to spot common problems and fix them
- revision 9-1-1 for fiction picture books (6)
- more on rhyme
- revision 9-1-1: writing mechanics (10)
- More on rhyming picture books
- Q: How do I make a picture book dummy?
- Category: random stuff
- The Grinch lives at the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
- cynthea launches her website! (1)
- I'm procrastinating again...
- It's that time again....
- coffee with cynthea: casts and cover letters
- mid-day coffee with cynthea: anatomy of a synopsis (5)
- coffee with cynthea: talking animals and free-tiques
- taking off a week for intense relaxation (2)
- top ten highlights from my trip to the caribbean (2)
- evening coffee with Cynthea: topic? pb revision 9-1-1 (4)
- work, work, work!
- mid-day coffee with Cynthea: topic? plot revision
- mid-day coffee with Cynthea: topic? Setting and description
- mid-day coffee with Cynthea: topic? mechanics
- holy moly: am I allergic to caffeine?!
- mid-afternoon COFFEE with cynthea: topic? status updates
- mid-day coffee with Cynthea: topic? more on status updates
- morning coffee with Cynthea: topic? editor interviews, blogs, and more
- So a guy rings this girl's door bell... (8)
- why I'm happy my computer died
- taking a week off (2)
- my precious seven days (2)
- congrats tiquees: you rocked W.I.N.!
- top ten from scbwi-la and a chance to win a full-tique
- scbwi-la: part deux and a word about firedrill (4)
- proof of my insanity: what's cooking tonight (3)
- free-tique round: doors are closed! (2)
- in lieu of a useful article, look what I did!
- snoop in action
- anyone hungry? photo of the feast (2)
- congratulations, beverly patt! (49)
- wish my other treasurable crit buddy good luck!
- congratulations, debbi!
- shameless promotion for Yoo and a free-tique round
- due to recent events... (4)
- Five vet visits, thirty-six dumplings, and a 20-hour plane trip later...
- Congratulations, Tamarak! and who wants a free-tique for Christmas?
- Snoop makes postal history...
- Congrats to Cynthia Lord
- Free-tique Fans, Listen up! (6)
- A fellow tiquee would like some help... (9)
- If you love bunnies or Phat Rabbits, you'll love this
- RLGL results: round one (3)
- We broke Snoop's email!
- I'm in! (4)
- Costco is SO DEEP!
- Guess who's on The Purple Crayon?
- And our free-tique winner is...
- why bloggers blog? seven writers respond...
- watch DEAL OR NO DEAL tonight: guest starring cynthea, tamarak and fdoone!
- congratulations to Tracy Holczer for this year's SCBWI Sue Alexander Award win!
- Congratulations to Beverly Patt for her book deal and agent! (2)
- Jarrett Krosoczka's PUNK FARM raffle RAWKS!
- I am cool by association!
- WFCAT awarded the Brillante Weblog Premio - 2008 (4)
- Contest alert: Snoop gives away his book at KidlitCentral
- Ack! Apologies for the series article hiatus!
- First Great "Haul of China" winner announced, are you next?
- Category: revision
- get a second opinion - critique partners, book doctors, editors, and more
- revision 9-1-1: how to spot common problems and fix them
- revision 9-1-1 for novels: characters (6)
- revision 9-1-1 for fiction picture books (6)
- revision 9-1-1 for novels: plot (10)
- revision 9-1-1 for novels: setting and description (3)
- revision 9-1-1: writing mechanics (10)
- what's here
- Category: submissions
- how to format your manuscript (19)
- how to submit your work to children's book literary agents
- exclusive submission or simultaneous submission? (3)
- how to interpret kludgy submission guidelines (2)
- write queries, cover letters, synopses, outlines, author bios, and more (3)
- anatomy of a query letter (8)
- how to package a submission
- anatomy of a cover letter (2)
- anatomy of a children's book synopsis (15)
- analyze this! form rejections, personal rejections, revision requests and more (6)
- Oops! I did it again: mistakes in submissions (3)
- status queries: when and how to do it (7)
- status updates: when and how to do it
- what's here
- Why should I target my submission to a specific editor at a publisher?
- Q: If a publisher’s guidelines says to address all submissions to a general submissions editor...
- Q: Should I email my submissions?
- Q: Many publishers have multiple editors in charge of acquisition. Which one do I contact? (5)
- RLGL: We Love Libraries, Round 6 Results. New racers may enter at any time, DEADLINE EXTENDED, April 9, 11:59PM (5)
- Category: writing basics
- to draw or not to draw?
- how long does a book have to be? (23)
- get a second opinion - critique partners, book doctors, editors, and more
- should I self-publish my children's book? (1)
- how to format your manuscript (19)
- anthropomorphic characters: a.k.a. talking animals (18)
- revision 9-1-1: writing mechanics (10)
- how to avoid children's book scams (4)
- top do's and don'ts: attending a children's writer and illustrator conference (6)
- Q: How do I make a picture book dummy?
- Q: I already had my children's book illustrated and/or made other products to go with it...What now?
- FAQ: Italics or underlines in a manuscript? (2)
- Q: Should I email my submissions?
- Q: Many publishers have multiple editors in charge of acquisition. Which one do I contact? (5)
- Q: What does high-concept fiction mean?
- Best Writing Advice Ever!
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