Do you know the difference between a status query and a status update? It goes something like this:
This is a rush job, so pardon the more than usual typos, etc.,
The topic today is STATUS UPDATES. When to bug editors and agents….
http://www.cynthealiu.com/2006/06/28/112/status-updates-when-and-how-to-do-it/
Now I must get cracking on some more work. Â
SNOOP SAYS:
Excuse me. *tap, tap* EXCUSE ME!!!!!!! When are you going to _______?! (you fill in the blank). Â
I've just made a brilliant discovery. I drink Diet Dr. Pepper. I break out into hives. I drink coffee. More hives. I guzzle more DDP. MORE HIVES!!!
For the last week, I've been suffering from this problem. Now I've finally put it together.
Have I developed a late-bloomer allergy to God's greatest gift to mankind?!
SAY IT ISN'T SO!!!!!
SNOOP SAYS:
Caffeine? Can't touch the stuff.
Hey-ro!
A new article is up! Are you a serial "when/as/ing" killer? Do you know how to spot the five-million variants of an echo? Today's topic is mechanics! Whoopee!
revision 9-1-1: writing mechanics
SNOOP SAYS
Echo this: FEED ME!!!!!
I decided to classify this post so it applies to both PBs and longer works. If you’ve been following my Revision 9-1-1 articles, you’ve read a lot about “big” issues which crop up in manuscripts I’ve reviewed. But what’s contained in here is MORE IMPORTANT. Why? If an agent or editor senses you haven’t mastered the basics, your wonderful plot, brilliant characters, and awesome setting won’t matter.
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Alright everybody, you've been waiting a long time for a fun free-tique round. Here it is.
READ CAREFULLY. I will keep the doors open until 9 pm Central Standard Time so long as you follow these rules.
Hey everyone,
A few things:
I decided I would not only talk about setting but also description. Or maybe they are one in the same. Some people say setting can be as important as a character in your book. It really depends on the story, but whatever role setting plays in your novel, make sure you’re not making one of these common mistakes.
I just completed a first draft of another manuscript. I am caught up on my critique partners' manuscripts, too. I smell a free-tique round coming up tomorrow, do you? Stay tuned…
SNOOP SAYS:
It's about time! Will you bring me a pair of Traffic Cop shoes? I like to spit on them to shine them up. Thanks. (size 12, please.)
Dori Chaconas, author of picture books and easy readers, has just written a great article about rhythm and rhyme for picture book texts. [Read the article, icing the cake->http://www.dorichaconas.com/Icing%20the%20Cake%20page.htm].
Also visit a guest article by Kelly R. Fineman featured on this website. [Read post, how to critique rhyming children’s poems->http://cynthealiu.com/2006/06/06/81/how-to-crtitique-rhyming-childrens-poems/].