Donelle Knudsen’s Between Heartbeats Book Signing

Donelle Knudsen is hosting her Between Heartbeats book launch at Hastings Books: 1425 George Washington Way, on Friday, October 2 from 5-8 PM. Put your name in the basket for a chance to win a $10 Hardback Cafe gift card or custom-made Between Heartbeats swag. (Hastings is not part of this giveaway.) Hope to see you there. Can life change between heartbeats? Diana awakens on her seventeenth birthday in a joyful mood…. Read More

Congratulations to Maureen McQuerry – Washington State Book Award Finalist!

Whoo hoo! Congratulations, Maureen! Wordherder Maureen McQuerry‘s book, Time Out of Time: Beyond the Door, has been selected as a finalist for Washington State Book Award, in the category of Books for Middle Readers. You can learn more in this announcement in the Seattle Times, “Finalists announced for the Washington State Book Awards“.    

How To Write Children’s Picture Books, by Tara Lazar

From:  http://writetodone.com/six-best-tips-writing-childrens-picture-books “Anyone can write a children’s book!” Yep, that’s the response I get when I tell people I write for kids. “After all, they’re just kids,” they say with a flick of the wrist. As if kids are simpletons. As if kids don’t care what they read. As if kidlit publishers will buy any drivel. We know this is not true. Kids are smart, and picky about what they read. Publishers… Read More

The Second Draft, by Molly Best Tinsley

From:  http://writerunboxed.com/2015/08/13/the-second-draft In ancient times, when I was trying to leap the genre divide between short fiction and the novel, an editor turned down my first, full-length effort with this explanation: “You have a lot of activity in these pages, but I’m not discerning the action.” As a plot-challenged, right-brain lover of language and quirky characters, it’s taken me years to wrap my mind around the difference. What my early novel lacked… Read More

Book Release: Between Heartbeats

Congratulations to Donelle Knudsen on the release of her latest book, Between Heartbeats. Check it out!

Rivers of Ink Announces Agent

Rivers of Ink will welcome Douglas Lee from Kimberly Cameron Associates to the 2015 Conference! Doug has an interest in Speculative, Sci-fi and Fantasy (SFF) fiction but welcomes many more genres. Register now to save your spot at the Rivers of Ink conference!  Early bird discount applies until September 18.

Story Glue, by Anna Elliott via WriterUnboxed

I found this article interesting, and thought the rest of the Wordherders might too. In Story Glue, Anna Elliott discusses what makes her pick up a book in her limited reading time.