by Denise Vega | October 10, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
Years ago I attended a writing conference where an editor of middle grade and young adult fiction said never to write in first person, that it was the mark of an amateur. Well, obviously that philosophy has changed, but that’s actually not the point. And the...
by Denise Vega | September 27, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
Even though I’ve been going to the Fall Conference presented by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) for years as both an attendee and one of the Co-Regional Advisors (which I am right now), I always...
by Denise Vega | September 20, 2012 | Novels, Writer Tips & Tools
As I noted in the first Writer’s Studio, back in January I hit a wall with my new YA novel and knew I needed to set it aside for awhile. (For the record I burst into tears, e-mailed my group and told my husband I felt like a failure, and then ate too much...
by Denise Vega | September 13, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
So if you haven’t heard of Scrivener, it’s a software program that helps you organize your writing – nonfiction book, novel, screenplay, etc. I’d heard about it a couple of years ago, but it sounded very heavy on form and I thought it would be...
by Denise Vega | September 7, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
In early 2011 I started a new novel, planning to have it to my critique group by summer 2011 – something I stated in our annual writing resolutions in January 2011. As the weeks passed, I kept pushing the deadline, struggling to work through one particular plot...
