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22Mar
Feline Pie and Snappy Turtles
BOOKS WITH VERVE ~~In the Pipeline with Editor Jan ~~ The adventures of Caterwaul the Cat: Feline Pie couldn’t be any sweeter and any more adventure-filled. Written by Damon Plumides and Art Boerke, this story could easily be a Disney creation, only better because it colors outside...
20Mar
Honeybee Humdinger
~~Recommendations from the Pipeline ~~ You know if Blake Shelton sings about it, it’s got to be good. In fact, everything is good about honeybees. They’re smart: They’ve been around for millions of years so they know some things. They’re food-creators: In fact, they are the only insects...
11Mar
The Author Within Each of Us
~~ By Editor Janet Fix ~~ A Pipeline Contribution I recently started this: http://nogoofs.blogspot.com/, a CONVERSATION CUBBY for editors and authors, in hopes to increase awareness of the needs of each other. In my current interactions in the industry, I see self-publishing taking a step back slightly...
10Mar
True Grit :: Tell Your Story
Readers want to hear your story. Let us help you get started.
08Mar
Spring Cleaning Leads to Wrinkles
~~ Editor Jan Fix ~~ As we crawl out of our winter caves and begin thinking about springtime, I find myself looking forward to all the buzzing delights of this time of year: Easter, March Madness, Pattie’s Day, bulbs flowering from the ground, prepping the lawn...
19Feb
What a Child Wants in a Book
By Janet Fix, wordshaper :: Reading to children is such a joy, particularly if the story is filled with plenty of opportunity for showing off my thespian skills. The kids love it. But it's the story that gets me there, and so I wanted to...
12Jan
Backstory Burnout
Musings from The Pipeline by wordshaper Janet Fix ~~ I often vacillate between about the importance -- or unimportance -- of backstory in a novel, how much detail is too much or too little. Obviously it differs between books, but in general it is a greater...
11Jan
