Here’s a guide to what you’ll need to know from the moment you get the “when do you have time to chat” email from an agent to after the offer of representation. I hope all unagented WriteOnCon writers will need this soon!   WHAT I RESEARCHED BEFORE THE CALL: Agency...

Story inspiration comes from every imaginable place—from far-flung travels, interesting settings, overheard conversations, observing someone or something, daydreaming, personal experiences, fury, fright, questions, and curiosity. The world delivers a barrage of possibilities every day. Sometimes these sparks of fuzzy inspiration burn inside of us for a while but then they...

Hopefully by now, you have seen (or at least heard about) the 2018 release Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse. Everything in this film -- animation, writing, music -- is completely stunning. Today I want to talk about what is possibly the most famous scene: What’s Up, Danger? Take two and a...

In the summer of 2011, I made a very important decision: I chose not to play fantasy football for the first time in well over a decade… and I started working on my first picture book manuscript. I spent the next two years furiously writing and learning as much as...