Cheers to the WritOnCon Team

For those of you who missed last week’s free kidlit conference, WriteOnCon, you can still visit the website for all of the AMAZING posts from authors, editors and agents. The events of the three-day conference are summarized in nightly recap posts, which link to the content. Here are links to the recaps of day one, day [...]

Contest: Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards

I promise I didn’t set out to promote yet another contest put out by a magazine, but when this landed in my email this morning, I knew it had to be featured. Although, to be fair, Writer’s Digest is much, much more than a magazine. The magazine itself is pretty sweet, but have you checked [...]

WriteOnCon & Book Giveaways

The past two weeks have seen two conferences I consider the epitome of awesome. First, the Romance Writer’s of America met in Orlando, and then, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators met in Los Angeles. Let’s just say…I’ve had a major case of the jealousies. Lucky for me (and other cheap-o writers), I [...]

Do you write for a niche?

There has been a lot of talk about niche marketing for writers lately, and it’s made me wonder: Is niche marketing leading to niche writing? I’ve always thought that first comes the passion for a book or topic, then comes the niche. But what if it is smarter to identify a niche, then write the [...]

Writer Interview: July Giveaway Winner, Cameron Armstrong

Meet the winner of our July giveaway contest, Cameron Armstrong. Cameron is a student at the University of Tennessee, studying English and Education. Click here to read his contest entry, a paragraph on writing voice. BG: What led you to pursue a degree in English? CA: Since high school I told myself I want to [...]

July Book Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to Cameron and Jasmine for entering our July contest! In case you missed their paragraphs on voice, here are their entries: From Cameron: The voice of a God is how I shall describe it. When I create my characters, I have all the power of their lives in my hands. I put them through [...]

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