Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic: How to write a novel

Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic

A Tribute to Richard Peck

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Showing posts with label How to write a novel. Show all posts

Showing posts with label How to write a novel. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Revise First, Edit Later: Do You Know the Difference?

Updated: 4/26/2024 Hello, Creative Writers! Sometimes the words "editing" and "revising" get interchanged, but they ar...

Thursday, March 9, 2023

An Inside Look at a Debut Deal

When I first entered the publishing world, I was surprised to discover that editors are regular human beings 😊. They eat, they sleep, the...

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Your Story's Interstitials

If you've ever hear me toss about a fancy-pants word, I probably learned the vocab from the brilliant Elana K. Arnold. She's so smar...

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About Me

Kim Tomsic: I’m a reader, writer, dreamer, believer, and lover of peanut M-n-Ms. My publishing heroes including Richard Peck, Bryan Collier, Ingrid Law, Meg Medina, Kate DiCamillo, Rebecca Stead, Nicola Yoon, Laurie Halse Anderson, Christina Soontornvat, Eliot Schrefer, Dianne White, and others! How my publishing career unfolded: It started with a love of reading. Next, I wrote a manuscript, joined the SCBWI, and a critique group. I read blogs, craft books (on plot, character, and structure). I attended conferences, hosted writer gatherings, subscribed to Writers Digest (and won a contest!). I wrote articles and studied craft. Five years later, I landed my first book deal!—dreams do come true! My debut book, The 11:11 Wish released in 2018 with HarperCollins. My debut nonfiction picture book, GUITAR GENIUS (illustrated by Brett Helquist), released in 2019 with Chronicle Books. The 12th Candle came next (HarperCollins). The Elephants Come Home hit bookshelves in 2021 (illustrated by Hadley Hooper) and has been internationally published and named to more than nine state reading lists! Comic artist, Mark Parisi and I co-wrote The Truth About 5th Grade (HarperCollins). It's on shelves now.

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