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Archives for May 2018

Time to Sub

Lyn Hawks · May 30, 2018 · 2 Comments

Amy Tipton, my agent, is subbing No Small Thing out to publishing houses. Submitting to publishers means your agent, who's formed relationships with various editors at different imprints and houses, shops out your completed manuscript in the hopes of making a deal. Your author … [Read more...] about Time to Sub

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What Makes a Great Agent

Lyn Hawks · May 29, 2018 · 3 Comments

Agent Amy Tipton

Literary agents get a lot done that a writer just can't. If you're debating whether to work with one, hearing how I couldn't do this without Amy Tipton of Signature Literary Agency might help you decide. Agents can be editors, advocates, negotiators, deal makers, and … [Read more...] about What Makes a Great Agent

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Bless the Beta Readers

Lyn Hawks · May 29, 2018 · 2 Comments

Beta reader

What happens when you write a book about basketball, journalism, and academic fraud? You need coaches, journalists, and sensitivity readers, that’s what. I am so grateful for the wisdom of my various readers. Below is the list of those who have helped me with reading my two … [Read more...] about Bless the Beta Readers

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A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my pr A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my process is, because surely it’s changed. I do show up daily, and I have a new mantra. *Write into the relationships. Let people push on one another.* This has replaced STOP EXPLAINING; START CHASING. (Can you tell my character goal was kind of muddy? All caps hollering at myself does help.) The latest advice is about trusting the people I’ve created, whom I’ve gotten to know over a year, and understand their psychology and their interdependencies. Each person has their own goal and arc. They aren’t pawns to be moved in a game of plot. They are humans moving through the beats I’ve planned and making discoveries along the way.

“Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.” - Madeline L'Engle

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Oh @vcfawcya I ❤️💗💗❤️you! Blessed to Oh @vcfawcya I ❤️💗💗❤️you! Blessed to grow and share my work in such a great place. Honored to receive the Norma Fox Mazer award for my YA novel.
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So excited for next week, and about the lesson on So excited for next week, and about the lesson on rhetoric and persuasive speech I just posted to Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s also a chance to explore media objectivity and bias as well as American history and women in politics. Content analysis and close reading, cooperative learning, Socratic discussion, and then multiple choice questions that help students get ready for standardized tests. All things to all people! If you know of an English or History teacher needing a lesson for next week, please point them to Success Story on Teachers Pay Teachers. On this historic occasion, there’s so much to celebrate!
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Madam-Vice-President-Rhetoric-Persuasive-Speech-AP-Lang-Comp-6450653

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