by ACCAdmin | Oct 15, 2025 | blog
Respecting the Artist’s Process I grew up with the false understanding that the quality of someone’s creative output justified their creative practice. This led to critiquing a person’s art before deciding whether to respect them as an artist. Odious, in... 
by ACCAdmin | Jul 1, 2023 | Guest post
Guest Post: Find the Literary Agent Who’s Right for YOU Here’s a new guest post from award-winning children’s author and writing coach Dianne Ochiltree. She’s got smart ideas about seeking representation with a literary agent, complete with helpful links for... 
by ACCAdmin | Jan 17, 2022 | blog
After Nano: Mission Creep and Takeaways What happened with Nanowrimo? I told you in November that I was participating for the first time in National Novel Writing Month. I didn’t expect to get Nano’s goal of 50,000 words drafted on the new novel. Accordingly, I... 
by ACCAdmin | Jan 11, 2021 | blog
Querying a First Novel Although asking literary agents and book publishers to pick your work is a huge part of the writing life, I avoided it for a long time. Over the years, publishers accepted articles I’ve written. Blog hosts published my guest posts. I have...