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Official website of YA author Georgia McBride. Blogging about my life as a writer, the business of writing in the children's literature market, writing, revision, editing, book promotion, author promotion and platform, agents, editors and publishing in general. There are always writing contests and giveaways as well as awesome advice!
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Georgia McBride Books · 4M ago

Putting the “Science” in Science Fiction: Parts I and II

As a reader of many blogs, one of the things I hate is having to go back and forth between blog posts containing multiple parts. Therefore, I’ve decided to post Part II of Mike Hays’s Putting the “Science” in Science Fiction here, with Part I at the bottom! You can scroll down to read the [...]
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Georgia McBride Books · 7M ago

The Terror Within: A Hypothetical Look at Leaving Your Agent Part III

So, if you haven’t read parts I and part II in this series, please click the links to start. At the end of this post there is a Halloween giveaway. Why? We are talking about terror, aren’t we? And what’s spookier than changing agents? Boo! CONTEST RULES: 1. YOU MUST BE A SUBSCRIBER TO THIS BLOG [...
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Georgia McBride Books · 9M ago

Michelle Zink Tonight at# YALITCHAT

Join me for an amazing chat with Michelle Zink, author of the PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS trilogy from Little,  Brown Books for Young  Readers. Michelle is celebrating the release of the final title in the series, CIRCLE OF FIRE. She’ll be giving away awesome prizes as well as talking about series conce
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Georgia McBride Books · 10M ago

Revision and Writing Tips for Everyone!

If you missed it, I posted some useful revision and writing tips on Twitter July 2. I was asked to summarize in a blog post, since not everyone was online then (they have lives). With the help of my amazing assistant Jennifer (she did it all), see the list of tweets compiled in order from last [...]
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Georgia McBride Books · 11M ago

Deciphering agent speak: Couldn’t connect with your character

So, you’ve finally heard from the agent you’ve been dying to hear from. Great. The letter starts something like this. “Thanks for sending your manuscript. I really enjoyed the writing…” By now you’re thinking, “holy cow. She enjoyed the writing. I need to get my pen ready. The one I’ll sign the repr
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Georgia McBride Books · 1Y ago

4,000+ twitter followers appreciation contest – REDUX

It truly feels like I’ve won the lottery AGAIN. Since I posted this, I’ve gained 110 new followers and I can honestly say I have no idea why anyone has interest in what I say. I’m so lucky to have exceeded 4,000+ followers on twitter! But to be honest, it’s not the number alone that [...]
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Georgia McBride Books · 1Y ago

And, Action! Writing Contest Winners!

So, my apologies for the delay in naming winners. The decision was not easy and so I decided to comment on each entry. If I missed your entry, PLEASE let me know ASAP. Before I announce the winner, I should say that choice C is the optimal choice for our made-up story to begin. Here [...]
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Georgia McBride Books · 1Y ago

Never bring a knife to a gun fight

That sounds like good advice for those who are hoping to become published. In fact, I think it’s PERFECT advice for those hoping to become published. I can use all kinds of cliches to describe the climate in the publishing industry if I wanted to. It’s a jungle out there–comes to mind. But this is [
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Georgia McBride Books · 1Y ago

Your writing career: climb outside the box

I’ve talked a lot lately about thinking outside the box when it comes to having a writing career. Versatility, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit are key to making it in today’s climate. But I think a writer determined to forge a living, needs much more. He needs to be willing to climb out of
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Georgia McBride Books · 1Y ago

Made From Awesome 2-night YALITCHAT Mega-Chat

2011 marks the 2nd Annual YALITCHAT.ORG Made From Awesome Mega Chat sponsored by Mundie Moms. What the heck is that, you ask? It’s a 2-night chat with 16 young adult and middle grade authors. It takes place on Twitter via the #yalitchat hashtag this week Wednesday and Thursday 9-11 EDT. Just follow
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