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)Archive for February, 2012
What’s Happening Next?
It’s here! It’s happening. Are you ready? Looking to join a critique group designed especially for you, a writer under twenty? These groups will be mentored by some of the best YA authors out there! Jill Williamson! Nicole O’Dell! Stephanie Morrill! (okay, and me:), Shellie Neumeier. Registration is open now and will continue until March [...]
Critiquing, Part Three
How does it work? So you’re ready to set up a critique group or find a partner? Cool! Now comes the fun part! We’re going to first talk about how to set up a group, then we’ll talk about how to actually do the critiquing. There are no real rules for setting up your critquership [...]
Critiquing, Part Two with Nicole O’Dell
Top Ten Things about the “Take” It’s difficult to take criticism. Even more so when it’s criticism directed at something you created from nothing. Ideas formed into words that you believe will change the world. You write them, press send, then sit back and wait for the critique to come back without a single mark [...]
Critiquing with Nicole, Emily, and Natalie
Welcome, NextGenWriters! I hope you’re as excited about this month’s event as I am. Why, so excited? Here’s why: Our guests for the next couple weeks is the O’Dell crew, Author/Mom, Nicole O’Dell and her oldest two daughters, Emily and Natalie. We’re talking how to critique with an emphasis on caring for the author you’re [...]