Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

Five Tips on How Not to Get Rejected

"Keep on learning. Don't rest on your laurels after your manuscript is revised and edited. Learn from your experience and try not to make the same mistakes next time." FIVE TIPS ON HOW NOT TO GET REJECTED (OR "HOW TO AVOID THE MOST COMMOM MISTAKES...

Plotting

From a speech to the North Central Texas Chapter of the Society of Children¹s Book Writers and Illustrators Fourteenth Annual Conference, University of Dallas, Late 1997 PLOTTING By Don Whittington   Let¹s start with a definition: The plot is the overt...

Improving Your Chances of Being Published

"The book proposal is the single most successful factor in getting your book idea sold." Improving Your Chances of Being Published By Elizabeth Frost-Knappman President, New England Publishing Associates, Inc. What can a first-time book author do...

The Women Writing The West Conference

"Books by women on Western subjects don't always fit neatly into the women's fiction category. We're trying hard to get noticed" Cindy Bonner Co-founder, Women Writing the West A Brief Report The Women Writing The West Conference Women...

The South Florida Writer’s Conference

"The writer who sells writes very lean prose." Paul Lazarus Former V.P., HBO Feature Film Productions A Special Report The South Florida Writer's Conference By Nancy Ess Authorlink South Florida Correspondent One of the great draws of the South Florida...