Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course, Updated in 2022
November 26, 2022Hello, WFCAT fans, The pooch crew has been hard at work on an update of the Crash Course that started it all! Strap on your helmet. Buckle up! Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course has been updated in 2022. ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL: Round 5
March 28, 2007Do no be eliminated because of a technicality. Please include your entry number, your page number, your MS title in the SUBJECT of your email. If you have just entered, don’t worry about your entry number. Snoop will give you ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL: round 4
March 28, 2007Do no be eliminated because of a technicality. Snoop is going bonkers trying to find entries that are improperly labeled. So please include your entry number, your page number, your MS title in the SUBJECT of your email. If you ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL: round three
March 27, 2007Please remember to include your number, genre, page number, and your MS title in your email subjects. If you’re just joining us, don’t worry about the number. You’ll get one. Anyone who fails to do this will be subject to ...
<<Continue Reading...>>We broke Snoop’s email!
March 27, 2007K, tiny technical difficulty here. Snoop and Cynthea’s email boxes are both down. I have no idea when they’ll be back up. If you are competing in RLGL, please go ahead and send your next page. Just send it on ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL results: round two
March 27, 2007Just an FYI: Please remember to include your number, genre, page number, and your MS title in your email subjects. If you’re just joining us, don’t worry about the number. You’ll get one. Lots for Snoop to keep track of. Oh, and ...
<<Continue Reading...>>RLGL results: round one
March 26, 2007First, if you saw the password protected page, that’s your signal that I’m working on the results. Do not ask me for a password. You won’t need it. Just wait until I publish the page, my dears. Second, if ...
<<Continue Reading...>>SPEED Red Light, Green Light begins!
March 26, 2007First Red Light: Today, 9PM CST. This means get your stuff to me before then. Results of Round 1 should be announced soon after. Here are the revised rules for SPEED RLGL. SPEED RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT (not to be confused with ...
<<Continue Reading...>>On rejection…
March 23, 2007I saw this post from one of my dear Livejournal buddies and I thought, well ain’t she speaking the truth? With Dot’s permission, I’ve posted it here for my readers. It’s something to think about when rejection threatens to ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Why should I target my submission to a specific editor at a publisher?
March 22, 2007Targeting submissions to editors whom you’ve never had personal experience with can be well-worth the research effort. While it is true that infomation you find on the Internet can become outdated, an editor’s preferences for humor versus boy books versus ...
<<Continue Reading...>>The ending won’t write itself!
March 22, 2007IN WRITING NEWS: Well, well, well, after over a month of complete insanity, I have just realized one thing: the ending to my latest ms won’t write itself. I can take care of my loved ones, see my writing buddies, ...
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