Podcast episode #141
In this episode you’ll hear
- a fantastic review from Julie Falatko: How to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure
- my newest contributor, Anibal Pacheco, of ITS (Instructional Technology Solutions) introducing us to Plex, an alternative for Google Reader, which is now gonesville!
- my next newest segment, First Pages! Yep, Rachelle is lending her critique services which she does professionally to the podcast! Check out the guidelines below if you’d like to learn how you can improve your manuscripts and query letters!
In the interview with Rachelle Burk, we talk about
- her award-winning resource site for children’s writers (it’s pretty amazing – after all, it’s gotten on the Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites List three times!)
- Rachelle’s author site
- If you liked the show and would like to review it in iTunes, click here – and thank you!
Tree House in a Storm:A hurricane story for children
My next new segment, First Pages
All First Pages will be critiqued anonymously. Submit them as follows:
- to
su*****@ka********.com
as attachments. - Formatted correctly as for submission to a publisher for example, click here.
They’ll be critiqued for:
- Title: Is it catchy?
- Recommended target age
- Hook: Do you have a powerful, catchy opening that will hook the reader?
- Rhyme and meter (if applicable): Is the rhyme scheme and meter consistent?
- Do you “show” rather than “tell”?
- Dialogue: Is it believable? Is there a good balance between dialogue and action? Are dialogue tags used well?
- Character Development
- Illustration considerations: Does the story lend itself to lively and interesting illustrations? Does the story give unnecessary details that can be shown instead in the illustrations?
- Miscellaneous: Comments on word choice or sentence structure as needed
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