3 ways to handle rejection
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Author, Speaker, Song-and-Dance Man
Dear Writer Guy,
Why is publishing so disorganized, compared to other industries?
Sincerely,
Anonymous Writer (from SCBWI North-Central CA)
Dear A.W.,
I agree — from the outside, publishing looks much more disorganized than, say, the office supplies or plumbing industry. Unlike plumbers, editors seem to take forever to reply to your query (assuming they reply at all). If you’re lucky …
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Let’s start by thinking about dialogue. You’ve done your homework, you’ve outlined. You have a pretty solid idea of where you’re going with it. But suddenly you come to a necessary scene that stumps you.
Though you may know what it’s supposed to accomplish in terms of an A-to-B goal, you cannot quite visualize howyou’re going …
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Tween fiction by Holly Black
What happens when you take an iconic Disney villain (in this case, Maleficent) and put her in the hands of Holly Black, doyenne of YA fantasy? A delightful tween story that humanizes the villain and puts a new spin on the world of Sleeping Beauty.
In this telling, Princess (now Queen) Aurora …
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