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Sally Murphy's Writing for Children Blog
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Articles, interviews, advice and more from Sally Murphy and visiting bloggers.
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Writing Quote of the Week
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.( Richard Bach)...
10 Sure Signs You are Not Ready to Submit Your Manuscript
So, you’ve written a children’s book, and now it’s time to get it into the mail to the publisher of your dreams. Congratulations. But wait! Is it really ready? One of the biggest mistakes any writer can make is being too eager to submit a manus...
Writing Quote of the Week
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.(Robert Cormier)...
Snowy\'s Christmas Blog Tour: Week Five
Welcome to the fifth stop on the Snowy’s Christmas blog tour. Illustrator David Murphy (yes, we have the same surname – he’s my wonderful brother in law) has dropped in to chat about his role in the book’s creation. Welcome Dave.1. What was i...
Say It Once: Then Stop
Somewhere in my recent reading I read a piece of writing advice that spoke a little at the time, but resonated further later on. The writer, speaking about poetry, advised writers to be succinct – to say what they want to say and then stop. Too oft...
Writing Quote of the Week
Poetry... is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what was seen during a moment.(Carl Sandburg)...
