Sitemap - 2015 - Pub(lishing) Crawl

Holiday Hiatus

The Rest of the Best MG & YA Books of 2015

Reading Goals

Julie and Stephanie's Writing Lessons Learned from Star Wars

Steph and Stacey’s Critiquing Cheat Sheet

Lessons from the NaNoWriMo Trenches

11. Recommended Reads Of 2015

Should Award Winners Also Be Popular?

Sifting Through Story Ideas

Behind the Page with Paper Lantern Lit #1: Writing and Publishing with a Book Packager

December 2015 Releases

Working with Public Libraries: A Guide for Authors (Part Two of Two)

What We're Thankful For

10. NaNoWriMo 2015: The Finish Line

When It Gets Crowded in the Revision Cave

Binge Reading

Working with Public Libraries: A Guide for Authors (Part One of Two)

9. NaNoWriMo 2015: Digging Deep

Writing Conflict: How to Ruin (Fictional) Lives

A Day in the Life of a Contracts Manager

How Audiobooks Are Made, Narrator Emily Woo Zeller Tells All

8. NaNoWriMo 2015: How To Keep Going

Emotional Roadblocks and Writing

Inciting Incidents: A Breakdown

Betareaders Rock: Meet the Readers Who Proofed <em>This Gulf of Time and Stars</em>, and Win a Copy of the Book!

7. NaNoWriMo 2015: Ideas

Bringing The Fun Back Into Writing

November 2015 Releases

When Good Authors Publish Bad Books

Remembering How to Write

GUEST POST: Beth Revis on Writing Advice

Guest Post: Writing When You're Already an Editor!

7 Lessons I've Learned So Far...

6. Ask A Book Publicist! With Mallory Hayes

About That White as Default Thing

Happy Book Birthday to <em>Illuminae</em> by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff!

ARC GIVEAWAY OF OUTRUN THE MOON

Doing Your Research: The Query Trenches Part Three

ARC Giveaway of IVORY AND BONE!

Do You Have To Say 'Yes' to Everything? Sherlocks v. Watsons

Happy Book Birthday to THE ROSE SOCIETY by Marie Lu!

All about Pass Pages

Summarizing Your Novel: The Query Trenches Part Two

4. Publishing 101: From Brain To Bookstore

Guest Post: Down the Research Rabbit Hole with Mindy McGinnis

Interview with Jaime Lee Moyer, author of AGAINST A BRIGHTENING SKY

October 2015 Releases

3. Publishing 101: Contracts & Clauses

Guest Post with Christy Farley: Turning a Standalone into a Series

Happy Book Birthday to <em>Six of Crows</em> by Leigh Bardugo!

How to Create a Fantastic Book Title

I Have Not Read Your Book (Yet)

2. Publishing 101: Submission & Acquisition

Writing as a Student

Agony! Misery! Woe!

1. Publishing 101: Querying and Representation

Raising the Stakes

On Being ON SUBMISSION

Difficult Books

Guest Post: A Tale of Two Submissions with Melanie Crowder

Introducing Kelly Van Sant!

September 2015 Releases

Diving Headfirst Into the Query Trenches

Happy Book Birthday to <em>Vengeance Road</em> by Erin Bowman!

Guest Post: Juliet Blackwell on Setting

Index Card of Power

Cheap Villain Killin'

Moral Ambiguity in YA Fiction

QOTM: All about Villains!

All About Blurbs

Conflict that Resonates

Querying: the Do's and Don'ts and a worksheet

Writing on a Deadline

Interview with Heather Demetrios: Serialized Novels, Social Media, and The Lexie Project

Guest Post: How to Write Quickly

A Vine Is More Than Its Grapes

Introducing Hannah Fergesen!

Putting together proposals

Guest Post: On Finding the Right Agent

Life in Publishing: Seven Things I've Learned So Far

On Scaring Children

Cover Reveal for THE FIRST TIME SHE DROWNED

Guest Post: Channeling Your Middle Grade Voice with Rachele Alpine!

Help us make a better Pub Crawl!

The Sound of Silence

Sexual Violence and Bad Boys in YA

ALA Wrap Up, Conference Tips & Book Giveaway

Productivity (Part Two of Two!)

Productivity (Part One of Two)

GUEST POST: Eleanor Herman on 'Fantasy Is Real'

Gender Roles and the Heroine

Not just trimming words, but chopping

Cover Reveal for THE SERPENT KING

A Computer Suggested I Read This Book!

How Losing Your Purse Can Improve Your Writing

Lessons I Learned from Line Editing

You Tell Us: Do YOU Re-read Books?

Rules and Tips for Writing Good Queries

Outlining on Excel...(yes, that's right, Excel)

Introducing: Stacey Lee and Stephanie Garber!

Practicing Like I Mean to Perform

Guest Post: Chandler Baker on Ghostwriting and 'The Big Reveal'

Writing Insecurities

Cover Reveal! The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin (plus ARC giveaway!)

Guest Post: Research and the Imposter Monster by Elle Cosimano

The Reason I Love This Business

Guest Post: Everything You Need to Know About Writing You Learned in Comp 1

How much is too much for kids?

That weird story-planning stage

Want to Write Better Stories? Write About Change

Revision for Pantsers

Advice for Getting Author Photos You Love

All Kinds of Writing

New Leaf Giveaway to Celebrate Spring!

Guest Post: Creating an Authentic Historical Atmosphere with Elizabeth May

An Interview with Jenny Martin, author of <em>Tracked</em>

Writing Critiques, Signed Books, ARCs, & More Up for Grabs!

Chapter One Young Writers Conference

Interview With Sarah Nicolas, Author of Dragons are People, Too

Guest Post: From Psychologist to Published Author with Kristi Helvig

A Day In The Life of Author/Screenwriter Rebecca Serle

Guest Post: Surprise Me by Sarah McGuire

Patience & Attention Span

Bringing Your Story World to Life

How to Support an Author <em>Beyond</em> Buying Their Book

2016 Debut Authors Share their Research Tips

Guest Post: Beating Deadlines with Healthy Writing Habits

Which publishing job best suits you? from Literary Assistant Jackie Lindert

Guest Post: A Day in the Life of a School Librarian

Remembering to Say Thank You

Revision (part three of three)

Guest Post: Enjoy the Ride with Matt Myklusch

Guest Post: Switching Gears with Karen Akins

When it's too close to home: Writing Q&A with Anne Bustard, author of <em>Anywhere But Paradise</em>

Guest Post: Linda Goodnight on How To Finish That Novel

A Day in the Life of Paper Lantern Lit Co-Founder Lexa Hillyer

Is That Subplot Helping or Hurting Your Novel?

Guest Post: Secrets to Writing a Series with Lydia Kang

Active Characters

Guest Post: Through the Looking Glass with Author Ilsa J. Bick

Guest Post: Mackenzie Brady on Sifting Through the Slush

More Website Tweaking

When Characters Make You Angry...

Tracing Inspiration

Celebrating ORPHAN QUEEN's release!!

Holding onto Hope While Drafting

Revision (part two of three)

Things Look...Different

Brainstorming an Idea into a Story

Interview with Patrick Jennings, Author of Hissy Fitz!

Volunteering: Marketing's Best Kept Secret

And the Award Goes to...

Interview with R.C. Lewis, author of Stitching Snow and Spinning Starlight!

Falling in Love with a Book

Guest Post: The Unlikeliest Road From Fanfiction to Agenting

Five Years, Five Lessons

A Day in the Life of Literary Agent Suzie Townsend

Guest Post: The Five Elements Every Book Needs

Guest Post: From The Heart

Guest Post: Selling On Proposal

Guest Post: Getting Personal in your Work...

Revision (part one of ??)

VENGEANCE ROAD cover reveal

The Big Idea: How to Find the Right Idea to Turn into a Book

Multiple Perspectives

Finding a New Writing Routine

Guest Post: Getting Into Publishing (You Gotta Do It For The Love)

GUEST POST: When Friends & Family Read Your Book: Survival Tips

Why I've Stopped Tweeting #AmWriting

Who is Your Narrator Talking To?

You Tell Us: What Do You Want to See?

Avoiding Clichés

Guest Post: Questions to Ask Your Publicist, Inside and Out

The Idea Book

5 Things I Learned in 2014 & Some Resolutions for 2015

From Pantser to Plotter

Defining an Age Category

What happens in the middle?

New Year's Resolutions: How To Make Them Stick!