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		<title>Writing Workshop Homework</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my last post, I have a lot of writing events coming up. Some of them come with homework. EEEK!
Actually, it is homework I’m looking forward to. For the Oklahoma SCBWI conference, Joni Sensel, who is leading the fantasy intensive, has asked us to read or reread the first chapter of several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super September</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to Elaine Scott for speaking at the August SCBWI meeting. Elaine’s topic was billed as Get an Agent or Not, but her talk was far more fascinating than this title indicated. Elaine shared her experiences with her two very different agents, why she felt compelled to leave her first, well-known, high-profile agent for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plot Pitfalls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our August meeting of the Houston YA/MG Writers, Rose Moriarty led the group gathered at La Madeleine in a discussion based on a recent post at Writers Digest—11 Plot Pitfalls and How to Rescue Your Story From Them, by Laura Whitcomb. If you haven’t already read this, take some time to check it out.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maggie Stiefvater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday night, Houston fans of YA paranormal romance packed Blue Willow Bookshop to see and hear Maggie Stiefvater present the sequel to her bestseller Shiver. The new book, Linger, continues the saga of The Wolves of Mercy Falls.
Maggie didn’t have to wait for the crowd to warm up. She brought the party mood with her—she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston YA/MG Writers, July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had another great meeting of the Houston YA/MG Writers yesterday morning. Our usual venue had double booked our room, so Mary Lindsey generously hosted us at her home. Thank you Mary! We had a great turnout, but none of my usual buddies showed up today, so when we split into groups I didn’t think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring PB&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this blog, I mostly talk about MG and YA writing, but today I want to mention two picture books that I am really looking forward to. Both are by my critique partners and both are due in Spring 2011. One is I Think I See A UFO by Kathy Duval (Disney Hyperion) and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revision Tips from a Wonderful Beta Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something one of my beta readers pointed out was that the sentences in my manuscript were too similar in length. As I read it through, the cadence did indeed seem monotonous. So I took a look at my first long paragraph. Here is the word per sentence pattern of a paragraph from my first page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comments from my first readers are trickling in and some of their suggestions are so exciting that I can’t wait to jump on them. But I still have three more manuscripts out there, so I don’t want to get too carried away with revisions until I get the whole picture. Some suggestions were so good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critiquing Manuscripts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hooray; it’s summer! It’s getting real nice and steamy down here in Houston. Speaking of Houston, those of you from other parts may not know that in January I started a newsletter for the Houston SCBWI chapter. I have added a page here on my blog for anyone who would like to keep up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While my last manuscript is out with my first readers, I’ve been busy at work on my new WIP. My outline, which I want to fill twenty to twenty-four pages, is currently at thirteen pages, so I have work to do this week. The more details I fill in, the easier it is to keep [...]]]></description>
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