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Once Upon A Time...: July 2015
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. July 29, 2015. When Editing Is Like Sculpting. Sculpting is a process of chipping away at a medium, such as wood or clay, to get to the image that it is meant to become. So, too, is the editing process. My medium is my rough draft. The chipping-away process is the cutting and adding and rearraging of words. As I'm revising my band camp mystery, I'm doing the same kinds of edits. My sticky note board is a visual representation of the sculpting process. I...So go...
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Once Upon A Time...: When Editing Is Like Sculpting
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. July 29, 2015. When Editing Is Like Sculpting. Sculpting is a process of chipping away at a medium, such as wood or clay, to get to the image that it is meant to become. So, too, is the editing process. My medium is my rough draft. The chipping-away process is the cutting and adding and rearraging of words. As I'm revising my band camp mystery, I'm doing the same kinds of edits. My sticky note board is a visual representation of the sculpting process. I...So go...
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Once Upon A Time...: June 2015
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. June 26, 2015. Don't Forget to Smell the Flowers! I made some good progress on my Band Camp story today so I took a little detour to one of my favorite places in Ft. Collins. The CSU test garden. I took a few pics and played around with them. Links to this post. June 22, 2015. Wise Words by John Cusick. I took this snippet from a blog post on Kathy Temean's blog. Links to this post. June 19, 2015. My Path to Publication. I started writing my book, THE LEDGE (no...
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Once Upon A Time...: Recent Picture Book Favorites
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. July 9, 2015. Recent Picture Book Favorites. My three year old son loves Tad and Dad. By David Ezra Stein. My son thinks it's pretty funny. And the subtext really is. Probably one of my favorite picture books ever is Brimsby's Hats. By Andrew Prahin. And my three year old kept asking to read it so I know it's kid friendly also! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Add Treasure at Lure Lake to your shelf on Goodreads. Reviews from Goodreads.com. Generating Ideas,...
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Just Kidding: AND THE WINNER IS....Cover Reveal: THE DARING PRINCE DASHING (and Giveaway)!
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On writing for children and other life stuff. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. AND THE WINNER IS.Cover Reveal: THE DARING PRINCE DASHING (and Giveaway)! Update May 5, 2015* *. Thanks again to everyone who entered Marilou's Cover Reveal Contest. We have a winner! Send me an email [address in profile], and I'll forward your information to Marilou. Thanks for playing, everyone. And congrats on the book, Marilou! I'm thrilled to host my good friend and critique buddy, Marilou Reeder, on Just Kidding. Just share my...
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Arbordale Publishing
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Meet the talented creators of Arbordale books, view their profiles and the titles they have made come to life. To meet the illustrators click here. Nancy Kelly Allen is a school librarian and the award-winning author of more than 30 picture books. Her inspiration for writing The First Fire. And Trouble in Troublesome Creek. Nancy lives in Kentucky with her husband and two dogs. Visit her website at www.nancykellyallen.com. After A While Crocodile. Is Samantha's debut picture book with Arbordale. Her ...
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HOW I GOT MY VERY OWN AGENT STORY … | Venessa Bellido Schwarz
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Children's Author/ Rejection Letters and Such. HOW I GOT MY VERY OWN AGENT STORY …. In REJECTION LETTERS and SUCH. Asymp; 19 Comments. Remember the poem by Thomas Dekker? It goes, “O THE month of May, the merry month of May …” And then there was that song, “While strolling in the park one day, in the merry merry month of May, I was taken by surprise by a pair of roughish eyes …”. But that’s not all. She also requested I tell her about my other books, how I planned to promote them, and a bio. My elderly f...
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Vijaya Bodach: Critiques
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Reading, Writing and Ruminating. I am taking on private clients for manuscript review. I will critique picture books, easy readers, and magazine pieces, either fiction or nonfiction. I will also consider nonfiction books. I gravitate towards science, religion, and memoir. No novels at the moment (you may contact. Please note that I reserve the right to refuse my services. Contact me at vijaya bodach at yahoo dot com (remove spaces and replace dot with .). Thank you so much for your detailed feedback on m...
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Once Upon A Time...: Wise Words by John Cusick
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. June 22, 2015. Wise Words by John Cusick. I took this snippet from a blog post on Kathy Temean's blog. Written by Marie L. Pfeifer. It was too long to write on social media, so I'm putting it here to remember because it resonated with me and brought tears to my eyes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Add Treasure at Lure Lake to your shelf on Goodreads. Reviews from Goodreads.com. RACE CAR DREAMS books arrive! Adventures in YA Publishing. Generating Ideas, by...
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Once Upon A Time...: October 2014
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Once Upon A Time. Author, Shari L. Schwarz. October 25, 2014. I just registered (totally free! For PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) hosted by Tara Lazar. Run over to her site and register if you write picture books or if you're interested in writing them. PiBoIdMo is a challenge similar to NaNoWriMo. I can't wait to get my picture book ideas and books on a roll! Links to this post. October 22, 2014. Without Warning: Ellen's Story 1914-1918. Links to this post. October 18, 2014. Links to this post.