Writing Irresistible Kidlit: The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers

agents should never charge you reading fees or ask you to sign away rights when you submit with them!).

go back to it for one last revision before you submit. Yes, three months.

Avoid those critique partners who think everything you write is perfect.

Anger is us expressing our needs and our limits, a warning that lets us know when we’ve strayed from following our unique North Star, if you will.

It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive,

that’s your job as a writer: To take all the energy of the world as you know it, all of your experiences and observations and words and images, channel them through the lens of you,

If you’re having trouble buttoning a chapter or section, think of how you can tie the event into theme, usually using Interiority or dialogue.

Aim to tell authentic stories with authority.