by Denise Vega | July 5, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Last week I used the “gremlin” idea–or inner critic–from Create Your Writer’s Life by Cynthia Morris. This week I want to look at another idea she brings up–discovering your writing purpose and living it out. I’ve always been...
by Denise Vega | July 3, 2013 | Picture Books
One of the first things I tell students in my writing classes is that it’s not easy to get one published (even if you self-publish, which costs a lot of money, time and energy). The picture book market remains very tight with publishers being very selective...
by Denise Vega | June 28, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
One of the writers in my check in group commented on not making her goals last week and said she spend a good chunk of time thinking about her story and asked, tongue-in-cheek: “Doesn’t that count?” But we all know it does. In our productive,...
by Denise Vega | June 26, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Starting this week, I’m moving to blogging three days a week which means Wednesday may not always be about picture books. In fact, this week it’s not! With my life and career going through changes lately, I picked up a book I’d purchased several...
by Denise Vega | June 24, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Instead of a prompt for JumpStart Monday, I want to share about my weekend. In fact, you’ll be seeing some changes on my blog, which I’m going to switch to three times a week so I can play around with some other things like Vine, InstaGram (yes,...
