@DeborahHalversn—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on https://teapawt.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
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“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
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
“Upper Middle Grade” v “Lower Young Adult” — What’s the difference? The protagonist’s internal journey can help you know.
#writingtips #writingadvice #writingprocess #amwriting #writing #pubtip #kidlit #mglit #YAlit #writingcommunity
“Upper Middle Grade” v “Lower Young Adult” — What’s the difference. A writers asks, and the editor answers in today’s DearEditor.com post: bit.ly/48IrrpO
#writing #YAlit #MGlit #kidlit
It’s Banned Books Week. Here’s how to fight for libraries.
*gift link*
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The Authors Guild: Guidance for authors re AI companies using pirated copies of their books to train AI. “Here’s what you need to know if your books are in the Books3 dataset, as well as actions you can take now to speak out in defense of your rights.”
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#DVpit: Just saw in Publishers Lunch that "this popular pitching event for un-represented authors and illustrators of marginalized backgrounds has migrated from Twitter to Discord. All agents and editors are welcome to participate in the next pitch event on October 11."
Tomorrow! 🤗
A free, 90-minute presentation for SCBWI Premium Members!
Register here: scbwi.org/events/state-of-th…
#kidlit #SCBWI #childrenspublishing #authorscommunity #childrensbooks
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What are all those posts you're seeing of authors saying they did or did not find their names in the database of books being used to train AI? Here's what that's about...
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Veteran editor and author Deborah Halverson combines deep market research and exclusive interviews with many industry insiders to provide an experts’ sense of the overall state of the children’s book market.
#writing #writingcommunity #kidlit #scbwi
