Cherish Your Wins

Cherish Your Wins

Keep track of kind words that you receive and all of your successes—even the little ones. They help lift you up on the down days, but they may also be important in the future. Take my experience as an example. One of the biggest mistakes I made as a young(er) worker...
Own Your Writing Process

Own Your Writing Process

There’s a lot of advice out there telling writers what the process should look like: Get up early. Write X amount of words or hours per day. Write slow. Write fast. Throw out the first draft. But what’s the “right” way? YOUR way. I responded to a post on...
Standard Picture Books Page Counts

Standard Picture Books Page Counts

Picture book signatures are printed in multiples of 8, thus picture books typically having 24, 32, 40, or 48 pages. The most common page count is 32. The first 3 pages, however, are for front matter (your copyright and title pages). Why does this matter? While when...
Advanced Reader Copies = Advertising Write-Off

Advanced Reader Copies = Advertising Write-Off

There was a lot of fuss about advanced reader copies (ARCs) over in the Twitter-sphere recently, and whether or not a reviewer is committing theft by accepting an ARC and not providing a review. The fact of the matter is that the publishing industry has been using...
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