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April and May find me--and many of us--in a time of big changes, lots of travel, and strategizing for the future. I've just come off 3 weekends in a row at writers' conferences. Each one has its own vibe and focus. Some have tons of workshops, like Grub Street's Muse...

You’ve finally finished your book. You’ve written it, edited it multiple times, shared it with critique partners and beta readers, copy edited it one final time, made it as perfect as you were able, and all your hard work has paid off. This book is either being...

Hey Fuse fans! Today I want to talk about a key feature of any compelling novel. Every story needs an antagonist. It may have many villains (or, if your protagonist is a villain, many heroes!), but it has only one primary antagonist. The antagonist is the person or...

I'll be brief. Chances are, if you're reading this, you've benefitted from a library at some point. From story time in the children's section to armloads of chapter books to discovering science fiction to researching for a school project to using their computers to...

Some great things that happened in April!

Er, well, received a starred review to be exact! Dev Petty's I Don't Want to Be a Frog, illustrated by Mike Boldt, was released in February and is doing tremendously well! This is one of the first books I sold to be released so it's a special thrill to see it being so...

I recently took pitches at the Women's National Book Association Pitch-O-Rama in San Francisco and to give folks in line something to read to calm the butterflies in their stomachs, I produced a flyer that listed what each of our agents was looking for from writers in...

Hey Fuse Fans! (I'm going to make that a thing.) A client update before I dive into the meat of the post: the lovely Tracy Clayton (Twitter sensation @brokeymcpoverty) is now one of the hosts of BuzzFeed podcast ANOTHER ROUND, which is getting rave reviews. You can...

It's getting to be that time of year. AWP begins today, BEA is looming, and 3 of us were just at different conferences in the same weekend. While I love getting out and meeting writers, taking pitches and giving advice, I see a lot of attendees just not taking full...

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