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Can you sell board books manuscripts to publishers? A writer asks, and The Editor answers in today’s post: https://t.co/WfQ0lJSvCt

#amwriting #kidlit #boardbooks

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'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year!

Genuinely.

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h/t @CynLeitichSmith

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“Upper Young Adult” v “New Adult” — What’s the difference? Key ways to know which is which.

#writing #writingtips #kidlit #youngadultfiction #Yalit #YAfiction #newadultfiction

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If you're interested in self-publishing your project, first please read this informative Writer Beware post "Imposter Syndrome: The Rise of Impersonation Scams" @victoriastrauss
https://t.co/4FoC1QdB2S

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“Upper YA” v “New Adult” — What’s the difference? A writer asks, and The Editor answers in today’s post: https://t.co/LQtssHHnlP

#amwriting #YAlit #YoungAdultfiction #NewAdultFiction

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The Herschell-Spillman company carved each wooden animal by hand out of basswood from the linden trees growing in the Great Lakes are. It was first homed in 1910 in Los Angeles, moved to a summer resort in Coronado in 1913, then on to its home next to the San Diego Zoo.

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I edited a New Adult novel this weekend under a tree next to the Balboa Park Carousel, created in 1910 and originally called the Herschell Spillman Carousel.
#MobileEditingOffice

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Little Free Library. Spotted on my walk in Coronado, CA

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@brandonmariemil Happy halloween!

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@olyanik Thank you, Olga. I'm so glad it was entertaining as well as useful. I loved donning my witch costume.

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Three pitfalls to avoid when writing scary stories: Overusing exclamation points, overusing ellipses to drag things out, and overusing “suddenly” and “surprise”

#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #MGlit #Yalit #newadultbooks #writingfiction

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@olyanik It's actually an interesting and accessible read. It talks about how the office makes the determination about what constitutes a writing/creation tool assisting creators and what falls into machine-generated content that won't be covered.

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Authors, here’s a quick explainer of AI, copyright, and “Fair Use”

#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #writingtools #MGlit #Yalit #YAfiction #newadultbooks

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@olyanik You must declare it on your copyright application. I guess folks could lie, but if that lie is discovered, they lose the c/r protection. If discovered during litigation, they've got a problem. You can read about it here: https://t.co/EMsCFmhghN . Screenshot:

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Here is the list of books Scholastic says schools can exclude. Sadly, Efren Divided is amongst them.

Scholastic, please help us feel seen and valued, not excluded. Don't pander to those who wish to erase/marginalize us further. @Scholastic

https://t.co/a1GfWcdelG

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Is A.I. “writing” books? How A.I. “creates” stories and how it affects authors:

#writing #writingtips #kidlit #writingcommunity #MGlit #YAfiction #MGfiction #YoungAdultFiction #youngadultbooks #newadultbooks #novelwriting #writingtechniques #writingfiction