by Denise Vega | October 11, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at Finn Finnegan by author Darby Karchut. Let’s look at what Darby does to hook us on the first page of this novel. The Page “Son of a goat!” The boy swore and jumped back. A second squirt of bird poop landed with a...
by Denise Vega | September 13, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at When My Name was Keoko by Newbery winning author Linda Sue Park (who is also the keynote speaker at the Rocky Mtn Chapter SCBWI Fall Conference Sept 28-29). Let’s look at what Linda does to hook us on the first page of this novel....
by Denise Vega | August 30, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
I’ve attended a lot of writer’s conferences and many of them have First Pages or Read-and-Critique sessions where you bring a page or two of a manuscript and it is read and critiqued on the spot by an author, editor, or agent or sometimes a combination....
by Denise Vega | August 9, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at The Language Inside by author Holly Thompson. Let’s look at what Holly does to hook us on the first page of this novel. The Page Aura third time it happens I’m crossing the bridge over a brown-green race of water that slides...
by Denise Vega | July 12, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at Hollyweird by my dear friend and author Terri Clark. Let’s look at what Terri does to hook us on the first page of this novel. The Page It’s not every day you get a chance to meet the celebrity whose pics plaster your locker...
