I like to stay grounded in the present in my writing (with an eye on future deadlines), but every now and then I try to look back on the work I've done. Or walk back to it, in this case. My first children's novel, Walking Backward, was published by Orca Book Publishers in 2009, which feels like quite a while ago.… Continue reading Laurel Leaves
Tag: children’s novels
Dreaded Edits
"Editing is the same as quarreling with writers -- same thing exactly." - Harold Ross, founder of The New Yorker magazine I am SO happy because I have finished Round One of edits on both my teen novel, All Good Children, and my middle-grade novel, Title Being Rewritten as Part of the Editing Process. I have… Continue reading Dreaded Edits
Fall Faves
Writing isn't going so well for me just now--I'm scattered among different projects and I keep going back and forth between two possible plot directions in my sequel to All Good Children. Not good. I don't like writing blind. I don't want to whine -- that's why I haven't blogged in a month -- so I'll write about other people's… Continue reading Fall Faves
Book Launching Afterword
Now that I've had my first book launch--which everyone tells me went very well, though I was so nervous it's a bit of a blank--I thought I'd pass on three bits of advice for future launchers. First, you need more set-up helpers than you think. Bank on unforeseen delays. (It took me half an hour to cart everything from my car… Continue reading Book Launching Afterword
Catherine Austen 