@DeborahHalversn—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on https://teapaw.org/t.co/mxRYWgTIwu
California, United States
Joined February 2010
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Can you sell board books manuscripts to publishers? A writer asks, and The Editor answers in today’s post: bit.ly/47WYrsY
#amwriting #kidlit #boardbooks
“Upper Young Adult” v “New Adult” — What’s the difference? Key ways to know which is which.
#writing #writingtips #kidlit #youngadultfiction #Yalit #YAfiction #newadultfiction
If you're interested in self-publishing your project, first please read this informative Writer Beware post "Imposter Syndrome: The Rise of Impersonation Scams" @victoriastrauss
bit.ly/3SJTboq
“Upper YA” v “New Adult” — What’s the difference? A writer asks, and The Editor answers in today’s post: bit.ly/46d4okh
#amwriting #YAlit #YoungAdultfiction #NewAdultFiction
I edited a New Adult novel this weekend under a tree next to the Balboa Park Carousel, created in 1910 and originally called the Herschell Spillman Carousel.
#MobileEditingOffice
Three pitfalls to avoid when writing scary stories: Overusing exclamation points, overusing ellipses to drag things out, and overusing “suddenly” and “surprise”
#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #MGlit #Yalit #newadultbooks #writingfiction
Authors, here’s a quick explainer of AI, copyright, and “Fair Use”
#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #writingtools #MGlit #Yalit #YAfiction #newadultbooks
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Here is the list of books Scholastic says schools can exclude. Sadly, Efren Divided is amongst them.
Scholastic, please help us feel seen and valued, not excluded. Don't pander to those who wish to erase/marginalize us further. @Scholastic
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Is A.I. “writing” books? How A.I. “creates” stories and how it affects authors:
#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #MGlit #YAfiction #MGfiction #YoungAdultFiction #youngadultbooks #newadultbooks #novelwriting #writingtechniques #writingfiction
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I've been sitting with the news that Scholastic is self-censoring their Book Fairs since Tuesday. On Thursday I was invited to speak at a Scholastic Graphix party, and this is what I said. It's an earnest plea for the company with whom I have made so many books to do better.
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"SCBWI Scopes Out Book Trends"
Interesting update on children's books: @DeborahHalversn #bookrecommendations #teacherlibrarian #reading #books #schoollibrary #elementarylibrarian #elementaryschoollibrary #librarylife #bookclub #librarytwitter #kidlit
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Hi #amquerying. I'm officially open for queries for the next 48 hours. Please feel free to DM me with any questions. I'll be available most of the weekend. I'll past the link to my query manager in the comments :) #WritingCommmunity
