Kekla Magoon is an award-winning author of books for young readers. She lives and writes in New York City, but travels everywhere for school visits and conferences.
Kekla blogs about her transition from writer to published author. Getting a book contract isn't an end result; it's merely the beginning of a rich, exciting and challenging new journey. Just an Author Blog is a gathering place where established writers can share their experiences and wisdom, and welcome debut writers into the fold with resources, advice and support that will help them get off to a great start.
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I have to admit that one of my struggles as a new author was parsing the various and abundant recommendations, comments, suggestions and plans that other authors shared with me. Suggestions came from people within the industry (agents, editors) too,… Read the rest
The genesis for my new blog focus is somewhat sprawling. It’s taken me a long time to figure out what I want to say about the real world (fiction comes easy). But I like to think that when a course… Read the rest
