Vonna | March 25, 2010
We’ve all seen them—pet words that show up over and over in a book. It’s an easy habit to fall into. You’d think that in a fifty-five thousand word middle grade manuscript, I would have already used every appropriate word in the dictionary, but often, like many writers, I get stuck on one or two [...]
Vonna | March 16, 2010
The writing on my WIP has been more efficient than my previous novels, thanks to the many established authors who generously share their time and expertise with the rest of us via their blogs. For instance, based on this advice, I made headings at the beginning of each chapter in my outline that stated the [...]
Vonna | March 9, 2010
Last night, when Mary Pope Osborne, author of the famous Magic Tree House books, and her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce, author of the companion Research Guides for the Magic Tree House series asked the masses of children in their audience to help decide which book Mary should write next, a burst of enthusiasm met each [...]
