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Cathy C. Hallhttps://cathychall.wordpress.com/I write, write, write. Then I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. THEN I submit all those polished-up words out into the world and sell 'em. It's a plan that's worked pretty well.

Finding Something Friday on the Creative Beast

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A Southern Breezer (member of my SCBWI region) sent this little slide show along-and now I’m sharing it with you. Thanks to Betsy Streeter (at The Affluent Artist) who put pen to paper to draw this never-too-old reminder. (P.S. Okay, yes, it’s an illustrator thing. But think outside the box, y’all!)

Let Out the Creative Beasthttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=creativebeast-100303124049-phpapp02&stripped_title=let-out-the-creative-beast

You know, this reminds me of something Linda Joy Meyers shared about “accidental” writing. She’ll be here Tuesday, along with her new book, “The Power of Memoir.” Come back to enjoy her words of wisdom and learn how you can win her book. Rrroooar! (That’s my creative beast, getting ready!)

Finding Bunches of YA Keepers at WOW!Women on Writing

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When I saw the latest issue of WOW!Women on Writing, I knew I’d be spreading the word here at Finders and Keepers-before I’d even read a word!

First of all, I know that WOW does a wonderful job, finding up-to-date resources and interesting people to interview for whatever writing topic lands in the header. And I’m not just saying that ’cause I’ve written a few articles myself.  I sure wish that I’d thought up something to write for the March/April issue on Young Adult Writing. I guess I’ve been so busy writing YA, I haven’t had time to keep up with everything going on in this genre.

That’s the second of all here. ‘Cause guest editor, Margo Dill, has done a fine job of finding all kinds of people who have! Whether it’s figuring out how to use technology references in YA fiction, or looking at writing non-fiction high concept ideas for kids, you’re going to get your fill of YA info by the time you’ve read this issue.

Which, third of all, can really make a difference in whether you’re able to write some swell YA yourself!