Notes from the Slushpile

Notes from the Slushpile is a team blog maintained by eight friends who also happen to be children's authors at different stages of the publishing journey.

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Showing posts with label children's writing. Show all posts

Showing posts with label children's writing. Show all posts

Friday, 17 August 2018

My Life as the Token Male

By Nick Cross Photomontage images by Candy Gourlay As a white, middle-aged, middle class, heterosexual man, there are few situations...

Friday, 6 July 2018

How to Keep Nostalgia in the Past

By Nick Cross Source image by Crossett Library I’ve just finished a teen novel set in the early 90s, and it’s been wonderful to step...

Monday, 16 January 2017

Notes from the Critique Group - Fictional Worlds

Investigating the SMALL WORLD/BIG WORLD in fiction. Em Lynas As 2017 begins I've been doing a lot of pondering on the rea...

Monday, 21 September 2015

Notes from the Critique Group - Awesome First Lines

By Maureen Lynas The second post highlighting literary issues raised in critique groups. This came up recently at our SCBWI BI critique...

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

SCBWI Agents' Party 2013 - or 'how to make someone fancy your book'

by Addy Farmer Hear what the lovely writers' agents said at the SCBWI Agents' Party 2013. It's all about the love ....

Thursday, 12 April 2012

From Writing for Adults to Writing for Children - Sam Hawksmoor

Sam Hawksmoor and his debut children's novel. Photo: Petersfield Post Sam Hawksmoor is a debut YA writer with a backlist in adult ...

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