A Published Writer vs. An Aspiring Writer

            Everywhere I turn someone is asking how to climb out of the slush pile and attract a publisher’s attention. After reading over twenty books on “how to get published” I have come to the conclusion that there is no magic wand to accomplish this daunting task.  But, here are a few things I have picked up along the way. Feel free to print this chart out and hang it on your wall above your computer for encouragement.

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking to the students at Weaubleau Public Schools about the importance of literacy. I asked them to write a short paragraph explaining how literacy affects their future. I will be posting their responses in my blog. Here is the second set of responses.

Read and writing effect my future by me not being able to get a job and if I don’t get a job I won’t have money to have a house to live in. I won’t know what to buy if I can’t read the...

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking to the students at Weaubleau Public Schools about the importance of literacy. I asked them to write a short paragraph explaining how literacy affects their future. I will be posting their responses in my blog. Here are the first few….

Reading and literacy effects my future because if I couldn’t read or write I wouldn’t be able to memorize the soldiers creed, which I need to know to go into the army, and I would be able to fill out the ...