I won’t write it for you, but I’ll coach you through the process… tell me more about the assignment in a comment here. What school do you attend? What have you already learned about an “informative essay”? The #1 reason my students struggle with “I don’t know what to write” is that they haven’t done […]
Archives for March 2020
Coronavirus Casualty: the Festival of Books!
You have probably heard by now that the LA Times Festival of Books, the biggest literary event of the year, will not happen April 18-19 as planned. Because of contagion concerns, it has been postponed until the first weekend of October. Wordsmith Writing Coaches will still have a booth there (#122!) and it is planned to be every bit as awesome […]
A new publisher, a new publishing tool, and a coupon!
I am always on the lookout for new publishers or new imprints of established publishers because they are hungry for new authors, new voices, unrepresented writers, independent authors interested in partnering with a publisher to reach a larger audience. Not only have I found one, but that publisher also gave me a valuable tip that I’m passing […]