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Improving Your Story
How do you take your story from good to great?
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Book Publicity
How has publicizing books changed?
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Here are twenty tips for revising your picture book.
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Third vs. First Person
What's it look like to revise your book from third person to first?
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Opening Chapters
Here's a checklist of things that your opening chapters should accomplish.
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Nonfiction Hooks
How do you hook your readers when writing nonfiction?
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Time Passage
What are good ways to show the passage of time in your story?
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Viewpoint
Is it better to use a single or multiple viewpoints in your book?
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Writer's Blog
Her are some tdos and don'ts if you're a writer and want to blog.
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Middle Grade Books
Here are some suggestions about writing a middle grade book.
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Freelance Editors
Things to consider before hiring a freelance editor.
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Right Tense
How do you decide what tense to use for your point of view character.
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Vague Catchalls
Use precise language and avoid vague catchalls in your writing.
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Subtext
Use subtext instead of having your characters say everything.
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Scammers
Understanding these ten facts will help you identify a scammer.
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Picture Book Structure
There are several different structures you can follow when writing a picture book.
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Hard-to-read Books
Here are five flags that your book may be too much work or too complicated to read.
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Scary Stories
Avoid these pitfalls when writing your scary story.
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Creating Characters
Branching out possible characterists can help create interesting characters.
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Pitching
The pitch is a writer's selling point for their manuscript.
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Look who's in the credits for the documentary about Judit Polgar--Queen of Chess! They requested my permission to use a title similar to my pb bio, THE QUEEN OF CHESS. #chess #WomenInChess #chessgame #bookposse #teachers #librarians #educators #booksky #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM

Picture Book Ideas
Asking "what if" is the golden question for generating picture book ideas.
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Protagonists
How to find the heart and soul of your protagonist.
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Today is World Read Aloud Day--a day to share books with the children in your life. #WRAD #WRAD2026 #reading #readers

Agent Follow Up
How often and when should you follow up after querying an agent?
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Book Advertising
Does advertising better sales for books?
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Learn about the life of Judit Polgar. Read the picture book #biography THE QUEEN OF CHESS: HOW JUDIT POLGAR CHANGED THE GAME and watch the @netflix.com documentary on 2/6. #chess #WomenInChess #bookposse #teachers #librarians #educators #homeschoolers #booksky #edusky#scicomm #STEM #STEAM

First Impressions
Are your fictional characters making a good first impression?
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Publishing Success
Here are some myths about what it takes to have a publishing success.
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Better Stories
Here are some tips for writing better stories.
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