Texting in Novels – It’s a Thing
The average American checks their phone 47 times a day.23 billion text messages are sent each day worldwide.98% of US smartphone users send text messages regularly.American smartphone owners aged...
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My New Class for KidLit Writers!
I’m honored to have created a new class for Children’s Book Insider: “10 Things That Get Kidlit Manuscripts Rejected – and How to Avoid Them.” It will be 90 minutes of deep-digging writing tools for...
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A Book with Benefits
It was my honor to edit the Purple Project’s picture book PENNY’S ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO. Sales benefit victims of domestic violence and abuse. For this book, thirteen San Diego County mayors and a...
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Predicting a Uniquely Unpredictable 2021
I shared some predictions for children’s literature market in the January edition of SCBWI INSIGHT, a monthly enewsletter for members of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators....
View ArticleHow to Write a Great Query Letter
Every writer seeking traditional publication will submit their project to agents and/or editors at some point. Writing that submission email can be stressful. You want to get it right, right? In this...
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Can You Eat 76 Hot Dogs in 10 Minutes?
Joey Chestnut can. Oh, and don’t forget the 76 buns — because he ate those, too. Today was the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship, held every 4th of July. When I wrote BIG...
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Deborah Auctioning Picture Book Edit & Call for #WeNeedDiverseBooks
I’m honored to be contributing to the #WeNeedDiverseBooks Campaign by offering a picture book edit and phone call with me in their Holiday Auction. Visit https://bit.ly/3HZPItU to bid on this and...
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Podcast Alert: Deborah on “How Writers Write”
I love the “How Writer Write” podcast. Host Brian Murphy excels at leading great discussionabout writing practice and process. We get into that in this episode, plus we dig into the question “What...
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Feeling Spacey Today
Have you seen the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope? They get my imagination all whirled up as I try to wrap my head around the depths of space. Inspired, I set up my mobile editing...
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The Coolness of Editing Bayside
Today I edited bayside at San Diego Bay, near Maritime Museum of San Diego. I enjoyed my view of Californian (the official tall ship of the state of California), and the San Salvador replica (the...
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Talking Book Trends with Fellow Book Folk
I had a great Sunday afternoon. Why? Because I spent it with authors and illustrators of children’s books–always a great, varied, and energetic group of people. I was invited to a virtual meeting of...
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Where I Write (and Edit)
I was honored last month to be featured inWriters’ Forum magazine’s “Where I Write” feature. Originally, my husband created my dream writing space at home. He built glass-door bookcases and wainscoted...
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Deborah In the Redwoods
Technology can be a very good thing. This weekend, thanks to the magic of Zoom, I’ll be “with” the members of Redwood Writers, the largest branch of the California Writers Club. I will be presenting...
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Editing and Writing to the Beat
I had a spectacular #MobileEditing office today! I set myself up at the Rady Shell at San Diego Bay during the San Diego Symphony’s open rehearsals. I edited a picture book AND revised two chapters of...
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Me, Being Brave
I’m most comfortable stepping into the greater world via words on a page. But in these days of Zoom webinars, social media, and ubiquitous phone cameras, it’s probably inevitable that I would push the...
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Deborah on SCBWI Podcast
I’m honored to be the featured guest for a great conversation with SCBWI Podcast host Theo Baker in the episode “From Slush Pile to Stand Out Manuscript with Deborah Halverson.” We got into the...
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Listen to Me on the How Writers Write Podcast
If I’m not listening to audiobooks, I’m listening to podcasts. The How Writers Write podcast is a fabulous one, and I was honored to be interviewed on it. We talked YA fiction, establishing productive...
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