Celebrating 2016 With A RYS Giveaway!
To kickoff the new year and to celebrate all of you awesome people, we've organized our first RYS giveaway for 2016. Woot!This is open to both RYS members and nonmembers while we're still open for 2016...
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Bring in the Money!
by author and RYS judge, Jennifer SwansonNo, this blog is not about a re-make of the movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Tom Cruise. No one is going to open their wallet and start throwing money...
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Author Pat Miller's Success Story: The Hole Story of the Doughnut
I am so grateful to author Miranda Paul and her hard-working reviewers at Rate Your Story. They had an important part in the publication of my first nonfiction trade book, The Hole Story of the...
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My Rate Your Story Success Story by Nancy Churnin
I was thrilled to learn about the existence of Rate Your Story when I began my journey as a children’s book writer. I was so unsure about what worked and what didn’t worked. How wonderful, I thought,...
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2016 RYS "Awesome Openers" Contest Winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered the Rate Your Story contest this year. We are excited to announce this year's winners below. Congratulations to all! Category -Young AdultJerrianne HayslettFirst...
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TIPS FOR WRITING A BETTER PICTURE BOOK BY KATHLEEN DOHERTY
Author Kathleen Doherty is the self-proclaimed "Grandma Moses of picture book writing. I’m a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race kind of writer." She kept piling up rejection letters until she finally had...
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HOW TO FIND THE GOLDEN NUGGET BY VIVIAN KIRKFIELD
Please—will somebody pinch me? I can hardly believe I am here, guest posting on Rate Your Story. Ever since I started writing, I’ve relied on their feedback to help me improve my manuscripts. The book...
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NEVER SAY NEVER: How to KEEP getting WFH jobs and keep the money rolling in!
Here is part two of author and RYS judge Jennifer Swanson's Work-For-Hire series. If you missed the first post, click HERE to read it. ---Okay, so who has followed the steps I outlined in the first...
View Article2017 Rate Your Story Registration!
We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who submitted for our first annual Rate Your Story Scholarship. Our judges were impressed with the caliber and the diversity of the submissions. We are now...
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Recycle That Rejection! by Deborah Holt Williams
A rug from crocheted plastic bags, a wind chime from mismatched spoons—recycling turns trash into treasure. Our rejections can be recycled, too, sometimes into a form quite different than we first...
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Fractured Fairy Tales, Fairies & Fae by Henry Herz
A fractured fairy tale is an adaptation of a fairy tale, in which the author changes the characters, setting, theme, and/or other elements of the story. Examples of fractured fairy tales...
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THINKING IN SEQUELS by Lynne Marie
My path to publication was neither quick, nor easy. I had studied the art and craft of writing for children since 1999, after having majored in English in college many years before. I was not a...
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AUTHOR VISITS ARE AWESOME by Catherine Bailey
Full disclosure – the original title of this article was AUTHOR VISITS ARE AWESOME AND HERE IS HOW YOU CAN PLAN ONE FOR YOUR FABULOUS SELF AND YOUR AMAZING BOOK, YEA! But that seemed a tad a wordy....
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TWITTER BASICS FOR WRITERS
Welcome to Twitterville!For writers, there are a bazillion (that’s a number, right?) different ways you can maximize your use of Twitter. For example, you can use Twitter to expand your social media...
View ArticleHOW TO TURN A SHORT STORY INTO A NOVEL by Anne E. Johnson
There's no magic formula, and it won't work for every story, but sometimes it's possible to turn what you thought was just a little tale into a much bigger deal. It all depends on whether you can make...
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SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING by Amie Borst
You may have noticed the explosion of small press publishing in the last few years. Some small publishers are fantastic while others leave a lot to be desired. So how do you know if the publisher is...
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FROM PICTURE BOOKS TO MG NOVELS: Tips on Switching Gears by Rosie Pova
If you're a picture book writer, what do you do if one day you get a story idea and realize it's too "big" to fit into a picture book format? Well, that's what happened to me and I had to switch gears....
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WRITING CREATIVE NON-FICTION FOR KIDS: TIPS AND TRICKS by KRISTEN FOOTE
It seems one of the buzz words around the kid-lit hive these days is “Creative Non-Fiction”. Creative non-fiction provides a great opportunity to get the most “bang for your buck” in producing a book!...
View Article2017 WRITING CONTEST WINNERS
After much deliberation and multiple rounds of judging, we are excited to announce the results of our 2017 Awesome Openers Writing Contest! There were so many wonderful entries and the decisions were...
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Truth Above All in Young Adult NovelsBy: Nancy StewartMany of us are painfully aware that truth, one of the ultimate values that makes us human, is being eroded in this day of fake news and stories...
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ENJOY THE JOURNEY by Jenna Grodzicki
When I first decided to venture into the world of writing for children, I had no idea what I was getting into. I thought it would be magical. The words would flow out of my head and onto the computer...
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HOW I GOT MY AGENT, OR DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME by Anne Belov
After banging my head on my computer for more than five years of trying to entice an agent into representing me, I finally got one. Huzzah! But if you are looking for an account of the methodical...
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GEARING UP FOR SUCCESS IN 2018 by LISA AMSTUTZ
Writing is full of ups and downs—the adrenaline rush of getting something published may be followed by months of rejections, sluggish sales, or radio silence from editors. Sometimes it’s tempting to...
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HOW TO BOOST YOUR AUTHOR CAREER & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES by KELLIE...
When it comes to getting that elusive publishing contract, we all obviously have to spend a lot of “butt in chair” time writing and honing our craft. However, I think a lot of people limit themselves...
View ArticleRYS HAS MOVED!
We are excited to announce our new website!You can now find us online at:www.RateYourStory.orgThanks for visiting!
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