After Christmas, I’ll try to explain what it means to market a debut picture book. Right now, I’m caught in the whirlwind of it all. For one thing, I’m making my final plans to drive from the Ozarks [where I currently live] to Mississippi [where I lived most of my life]. I hope to stop…
Month: October 2022
Picture Book Writers: Let’s Get Published – Query Letters, SCBWI Tips, Agent List
Did you get a like on #PBPitch yesterday? If you didn’t, don’t worry. That’s only one way to get yourself noticed by agents and editors. A Reminder to All of Us Who Did Not Succeed in PBPitch: Tip Number 8: Try Not to React Personally to Whether Your Pitch on a Twitter Party is Liked…
Use an Apostrophe to Show Possession–Even if the Word Ends in “S” – Grammar Rules
When my college students wrote about Hemingway’s story “Soldier’s Home,” many of them failed to show the possessive case of Krebs. It is tricky to show the possessive case of words that end in “s.” You can choose either of the following forms to show possession of the name Krebs: Krebs’ Krebs’s When you talk…
Verb Tenses: Don’t Mix Them – Grammar Rules
Grammar Rules! Use Them or Lose Them! Today, I’m posting several grammar rules that #writers might like to review. Let’s Review Using Verb Tenses: If you begin writing a book review, a tweet about your story, or a pitch about your book, etc., in one tense. Don’t Mix Tenses. Example: Miss Emily is not…
Prepositions: Grammar Rules
The Rule for Prepositions Is That You Should Not Position A Preposition at the End of A Sentence, Phrase, or Clause. Like Most Rules, However, There Are Exceptions to That Rule, but Try to Rearrange Your Sentences So That You Have No Dangling Prepositions. Yet, don’t take this rule too far: “This is the type of errant…
How to Create a Citation for a Book
In another post, I tell you how to create a citation for a book that you read online–at a site like gutenberg.org. In that case, you create the citation as a web page. How to Create MLA Citations for Books on Gutenberg But the format of the citation is different for an actual, physical book…
How to Create an MLA Citation for Websites: How to Research for Writers
Scribbr is a Fabulous Resource for Writers. Among many other things, they have a free Citation Generator. https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/ Next, you will be asked to add the URL of the Website. I’ll be creating a citation for a post on another one of my websites: Mythological Connections. Go to the scribbr citation creator: https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/ I will…
Early Harvest Festivals and Halloween: Ancient Greece
My college writing students are learning to research for their writing. I have shown them how to use Google Scholar to find research that is academically appropriate. How to Find Academic Resources on Google Scholar: How to Research for Writers Among other things, my class will be talking about how the Ancient Greek Festivals have…
How to Find Academic Resources on Google Scholar: How to Research for Writers
No doubt you have been warned that Wikipedia is not always a good site to find valid research materials. A surer bet for research is to search Google Scholar. 1. Go to Google 2. Type “Google Scholar” in the Search Window. 3. From the Google Scholar search window, narrow your research term. Let’s try the…
How to Create an MLA Citation for What You Watch on YouTube
I am teaching my college writing class how to research, and the subject they are researching is Greek Mythology. Among other things, they will access material on YouTube. In this post, I’ll show you how to create an MLA citation for any data that you find on YouTube. I’ll create a citation for the following…