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Monday Media: Authorship in Journalism
This past Saturday, NPR ran a story on This American Life, creatively titled “Forgive Us Our Press Passes,” about a journalism company, Journatic, that outsources local news reporting. That’s right: they outsource local reporting to places like the Philippines where journalism is … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: My New Author Photo!
My latest adventure in being a debut author: getting a professional picture taken to serve as my official “author photo.” The idea of having to do this completely terrified me (ask my poor husband who had to put up with … Continue reading
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Monday Media: High-Low Fiction
The problem: A terrifying percent of high-schoolers can’t read. (77% of 8th graders read below grade level in CA.) The solution? Write books for teens at a 3rd-grade level. The LA Times reported that Saddleback Educational Publishing is launching a … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Marketing Jitters
A few weeks ago Jenny Lawson was on NPR talking about how, while writing is easy, up-keeping her media presence sends her into panic attacks. As this is my first attempt at blogging, it amused and comforted me to know other … Continue reading
Wednesday Writing: Secondary Characters
My current stage in the writing process: a second round of full-book edits before we head into copy editing. While the first round was mostly about plot and Habo’s development, this round, most of my editor’s comments focus on the … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: the Writing on the Wall
When I get home today my editor’s second edits should be waiting in my mailbox for me. Needless to say, my thoughts today are mostly circling obsessively around the editing process. So, I thought I’d share one of my favorite … Continue reading
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Monday Media: Dropbox saves the day
So I have two identical computers: one that is my personal laptop, and my work laptop that was issued to me by my school. In order to tell them apart I have put fish stickers on one corner of my … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Fictionalizing Biography
Earlier this month, Patricia McCormick’s latest novel “Never Fall Down” hit shelves. It tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who survived the Khmer Rouge by playing music in the Killing Fields. Though writing compelling middle grade fiction about difficult international … Continue reading
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Tara Sullivan 