Sitemap - 2016 - Pub(lishing) Crawl

Holiday Hiatus!

55. Fictional Tropes

Don't Forget Your Nose—The Smell Of World Building

The book-a-year schedule

54. Writing Mechanics: Sentence Craft

Why I Read

Gift Ideas for Bookworms!

December 2016 Releases

53. Writing Mechanics: Tone & Mood

Acknowledgements Checklist

Author Janet McNally on Writing about Music

Happy Thanksgiving! We are Thankful for Passionate Readers

In the Writers' Room Where It Happened

Characters - then and now

Reading and Writing are Political Acts

Making Your Characters Do Stuff

November 2016 Releases

52. Writing Mechanics: Pacing

Getting your brain in the book after a long break

51. Trans-Media Adaptations

All You Need To Know About Sensitivity Reads

Award Bias

Writing Under Contract

50. Transformative Adaptations

Creating Character Voice

5. Publishing 101: Publication & Beyond

Making the Shift to Middle Grade

49. Faithful Adaptations

How to Survive a Book Hangover

How to Cultivate a Winning Author/Blogger Relationship

48. Publishing 301: Warranties & Indemnities

Guest Post: How To Write Animal Characters

October 2016 New Releases

GUEST POST: The Writer as Tour Guide

47. Publishing 301: Permissions & Copyright

Suspension of Disbelief

Stories for All: Inclusive World Building with Tara Sim

Birthdays, Deadlines and Goals, Oh My!

46. Publishing 301: Licensing & IP

Your Author Brand: What it is and why it's important

Twitter Pitching Like a Pro

45. Author Career: The Business of Being an Author

Clause By Clause: Non-Compete

It Is Decidedly So

More about waiting

44. Author Career: Qualifications

learning to "write the other"

September 2016 New Releases

Why Are We Here?

43. Author Career: What Is It?

Telegraphing, Foreshadowing

PubCrawl Alum: Discovering Your Novel's Hook by Janice Hardy

Falling In Love With A New Story

42. Query Critique II

COVER REVEAL: The Emperor's Riddle

Wherever books are sold

When to Put the Baby (Your Book) to Bed

Clause by Clause: Force Majeure

41. Troubleshooting Craft: Earning Emotional Payoff

Introducing Sona Charaipotra!

40. Troubleshooting Craft: Expanding & Elaborating

Creating a Satisfying Character Arc

Clause by Clause: Options

Ask PubCrawl: Short Stories, Novellas, and Write for Hire

39. Troubleshooting Craft: Kill Your Darlings

Things I Do While Editing

August 2016 New Releases

Writer Etiquette: Why Do You Need an Agent, and Why Should You Be Nice?

38. Publishing 201: Submissions

What Kind of Publishing Peanut Are You?

You Tell Us: What's Your Go-to Book Recommendation?

Kill Your Darlings, and Some Trees

My Favorite Book

Talking to Booksellers: Interview with Hannah Walcher of NYMB

37. Publishing 201: Rejections

Girl Friendships in YA

GUEST POST: Sona Charaipotra on Writing Collaboration

Being Out There

36. Publishing 201: A Day In The Life

Ask PubCrawl: How to Land an Internship

July 2016 New Releases

35. Dissecting Return Of The Jedi

Learning to Write

Because Magic: Stakes, Conflict, and the Price of Using Magic

34. Dissecting The Empire Strikes Back

Contract Conversations: Red Flags

Trunk Novel Snippets

Guest Post: Defining Success in our Bookish World

33. Dissecting Star Wars

Memorable Fictional Teachers

Guest post: From News to Novels: A Journalist Turns to Fiction

Ask PubCrawl: Breaking into the Industry

How To Be A Model Moderator

Sending Out Your Book Baby

June 2016 New Releases

32. Genre: Romance

Buying Time to Make Good Art

Ten Things That Taught Us To Be Better Writers

Public Speaking or Root Canal?

31. Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

Culling Your Collection

Building Blocks of a Novel: Chapters

30. Genre: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Other Girls: A Discussion With Author Jessica Cluess

Guest Post: Forget Perfection: Embrace Your Sh*t Pocket

Fixing Fictional Mothers

29. Introduction To Genre

Show Don't Tell

May 2016 New Releases

What To Do When You're Stuck in a Reading Rut

28. Interview With Roshani Chokshi

Finding the Emotional Power of Your Story World (With the Help of Harry Potter)

Violence in YA

Post-Contract Schedules

27. Characterization: Ancillary Characters

The Conference Report: SCBWI LA, and Why You Should Go

Confessions of a Re-Reader

How and When to Catch the Elusive Publicity Department — Part 2 of 2

26. Characterization: Villains

A Few Tax Tips

Airplane Packing Tricks

Building Blocks of a Novel: Scenes

25. Characterization: Protagonists

Why Traditional Publishing Takes So Long

What Comes Before Part Three: A Whole Lotta Character

April 2016 New Releases

24. Author Brand & Platform

Being Wrong About a Book

Reading Aloud for Pleasure and with Purpose

23. Publishing 201: Sales Conference

Working Without the Net

A Contemplation on Cookies: A Publishing Tale

22. Query Critique I

Trunked manuscripts . . . after you're already published

What Comes Before Part Two: Best Character, Basic Action, Weakness and Choice

Building Blocks of a Novel: Paragraphs

21. Writing Mechanics: Voice

How and When to Catch the Elusive Publicity Department — Part 1 of 2

Writing as Art, Publishing as Business

What Comes Before You Start Writing: Premise, Execution, World

20. Writing Mechanics: Structure

March 2016 New Releases

Duology vs. trilogy - a battle to the death

Building Blocks of a Novel: Sentences

19. Publishing 201: Subrights

Books to Movies

6 Hot Tips for Putting Soul Into Your Setting + A Contest

The Best Career Advice I Can Give: Read Your Contract

18. Publishing 201: The Anatomy Of A Query Letter

How One Writer Found Inspiration to Bring Life to Silenced Voices

Critique Partner Connection -- Time to Meet Your Match!

17. Love Interests And Romance

Cover Reveal! GIRLS IN THE MOON by Janet McNally! (Plus ARC giveaway!)

Guest Post: Jordan Hamessley on BLEEDING EARTH!

Sex in YA

Behind the Page with Paper Lantern Lit #3: Q&A

16. Critique Groups

To Work in Publishing Or Not to Work in Publishing: That is the Question

February 2016 New Releases

Moving Beyond Rejection and Into the New Year!

15. X Meets Y Or The High Concept Pitch

Book Trailers 101

How to Respond to Critiques

Midpoints: A Breakdown

14. Interview With Beth Revis

Wandering Wild Cover Reveal & Giveaway

A Little Less Romance Please

Eight things to do while you're waiting

13. Publishing 201: Advances, Royalties, And Other Publishing Money

Building Blocks of a Novel: Word Choice

How to Set Up a Website

2016 PubCrawl Releases!

12. Revisions

Behind the Page with Paper Lantern Lit #2: Social Media, Marketing, and Publicity, Oh My!

January 2016 Releases