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Her advice hit home for me because when I get on Twitter it’s as if I lost in the great wild woods of social media. I can’t find my way home. LOL
Thanks for the reminder Kristen. I don’t have to stay all day reading and tweeting. LOL
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I love poetry. Can’t write it worth shit, but I love reading beautiful words.
The movement is so different from other writing. Poetry evokes emotion in the reader, and it can inspire your characters too.
So it’s little surprise that poetry is used in a lot of YA books. I understand why poems and poetic references, are effective in YA stories A teen lives in a flux of angst and poetry speaks to the emotional roller coaster they live on.
Over at The Guardian, Ciara Murphy explains the importance and effect of poetry in YA stories. From John Green’s Paper Towns poetic metaphors, to Ally Condie’s Matched series (one of my all time favorites) where she uses banned poems by Dylan Thomas and Tennyson.
Today it seems as though poems have been regulated to Meme’s, but maybe it’s time to give poetry another look.
Have you considered using poetry, new, or old, to spur a story forward? If not maybe it’s time to see just what poetry can do for your stories.
Let me know what you think. Can poetry improve your writing, or do you think the idea lame?
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Some days I’m overwhelmed with the tweaks and decisions and tweaks to the decisions needed to publish a book. Even a small children’s book.
Writing a book is hard but I’m beginning to believe the hard part is just starting once the publishing begins.
So many decisions, so many choices, and so many mistakes before a book is published. The last one I’m trying to keep to a minimum.
Editors, cover, designers, oh my.
I feel like Dorothy tiptoeing down the yellow brick road in the land of Oz.
To publish or self publish, with an agent or without? Those are the questions. (Ah the old Bard slipped in.)
If you thought the writing took forever, take a deep breath, grab a snack and settle in for the publishing and promoting.
To market, to market to sell a new book. (Getting a bit punchy.)
Getting a book “out there” is not for the faint of heart. I’m re-learning the definition of perseverance.
I’ve spent as much time reading and researching how and where to publish as I did writing the book.
Misery loves company, so I thought I’d share just a few articles in case y’all need something to read. After all, what’s a friend for?
And these are just the tip of the iceberg!
However, at some point, it’s time to bite the bullet and let it go.
I’m almost there.
You’ve made it this far so take a few more seconds. tell me what you think, and then please share on Facebook and Twitter.
Thank you!
If you’re not already, I’d be much obliged if you would follow me @jeancogdell on Twitter or jean.cogdell on Facebook!
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