Writer Unboxed

So I got my hiney handed to me over this one space verses two spaces poll we ran last week. My DH argued in favor of one space; I am an ancient crone who cannot stop typing two. But one space clearly won the day 64% to 29%. The gloating I’ve had to listen to [...]

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UPDATE: Congratulations to Livia King, the winner of Ray’s book! Thanks, everyone, for playing! COMMENTING WINDOW IS OVER! STAY TUNED FOR WINNER! Win a signed copy of Flogging the Quill, Crafting a Novel that Sells Donald Maass, literary agent, says this about the book, “Flogging the Quill is packed full of useful techniques to build [...]

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I finished reading Lynne Griffin‘s debut, Life Without Summer weeks ago, and I’m still thinking about it. Here’s what Publisher’s Weekly had to say about the novel, in their starred review. Griffin’s fiction debut is a spellbinding tale of loss and hard-won redemption. When Tessa Gray’s four-year-old daughter, Abby, is killed by a hit and [...]

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Award-winning YA author and WU friend K.L. Going dropped us a line about a contest she is holding for her latest release: I’m thrilled to announce that I have a new book out this month! It’s a teen novel called King of the Screwups, and it’s already gotten starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and School Library Journal, [...]

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Today’s guest blogger is WU friend and YA author Kay Cassidy! Kay, a 2008 Golden Heart winner, is the author of The Cinderella Society, which will be published by Egmont USA in April 2010. Among her many talents, Kay is a seasoned professional trainer and former leadership development specialist who enjoys teaching motivational workshops around [...]

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Excellent news from valued contributor Sophie Masson: Demigods and Monsters, the essay collection on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series for children, in which I have an essay called Language of the Heart, is now out in a general trade edition with Ben Bella Books. Amongst other things, the essay is about how the childhood reading of [...]

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Third draft specialist Lisa Rector Maass has alerted us to an opportunity for aspiring young writers. If you know a budding writer, this may be the break they’ve been waiting for: The 2008 Lisa Rector Young Writers Scholarship Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2008. 1st place, SIWC Scholarship, 2008. 2nd place, 10 page critique by a Literary Agent [...]

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Kath and Therese want to take a moment to share some of WU’s recent mail. First, from Writer Mama, Christina Katz, who’ll be doing an interview with us in the near future: the Writer Mama Back-to-School Giveaway begins on Monday (that’s today). There are a HUGE number of writerly books in this contest. The giveaway [...]

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Just a quick note. C. Hope Clark’s blog just announced a great contest for children’s book writers who have yet to break into the business. Check out the Cheerios contest site for all of the details, but here are some of the pertinent contest rules from their site: WHAT IS THE CONTEST? The Cheerios Book [...]

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of Sophie Masson’s Demigods and Monsters contest. Sophie recently co-authored an anthology called Demigods and Monsters, which is being sold exclusively through Borders (link unavailable). She asked WU readers to name the Gorgon killed by Perseus. (Psst…Medusa!) The first three readers who did so were able to score themselves a book. The winners are: Mallika [...]

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CONTEST! CONTEST! CONTEST! Through the generosity of Ben Bella Books, three lucky readers of Writer Unboxed can win a copy of Demigods and Monsters, the anthology mentioned at the end of my post. Just answer this simple question: What was the name of the Gorgon killed by Perseus? The first three entries with the correct [...]

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You know how you start Googling something and you end up in a completely different place on the Intertubes than where you originally wanted to go? I don’t know how I landed HERE, but I’ve just spent a delightful afternoon reading What if the Lord of the Rings was written by Someone Else? (I gotta [...]

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