This was our first conference with a first pages session dedicated to query critiques, and Joe and Martha had similar comments throughout the session. Only a few of the queries elicited enough interested from either of them to say they'd be curious to see a few pages of the manuscript in spite of the faults... Continue Reading →
Martha Mihalick on building characters #scbwiwwa
Reported by Kerri Kokias: Martha Mihalick, associate editor of Greenwillow Books, spoke on Hidden Spaces: Building Memorable Characters and the Ties Between Them. She said writers need to develop characters that their readers can identify with, love, sympathize with, or love to hate. It’s important to develop your main character, your secondary characters, and just... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Martha Mihalick
IT'S THURSDAY!! Has everyone packed? Have you brought your notebook to write down all the incredible things that you'll hear? Packed your cash and/or checks for the SCBWI store? Picked out a fun costume for the Dance Party? Well, if haven't you've got one more day to get it done before our 20th Annual Writing... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Editorial & Art Director Faculty: Martha Mihalick
Happy Monday All! I'm home with the flu today, but thankfully I'm able to spend some time researching and posting about our FANTASTIC 2011 Conference Faculty! I'd like to introduce you to another one of our Editorial and Art Director Faculty; Martha Mihalick. Martha is the Associate Editor with Greenwillow Books at HarperCollins. She edits... Continue Reading →
Great technology for word use
Greenwillow editor Martha Mihalick, who may well be a GENIUS, recommended the use of Wordle.net to check the language of your work in progress.Wordle builds collages out of the words in a document, so you can see which ones you use most of all.I tried it on a novel and found a flabby word I... Continue Reading →
An interesting view on creativity
Martha Mihalick, an adorable associated editor at Greenwillow Books, had an interesting blog post. Here's an excerpt:In one of my (long ago) college critical theory classes, we talked about the idea of all authors having an antenna that is always on, always picking up signals from the wider world. This has always stuck with me.... Continue Reading →