Ask the Author: Roxanna Elden
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Roxanna Elden
Write regularly.
Make friends with other aspiring writers.
Read a lot.
Go to book-related events.
Take creative writing classes when available.
Always be professional and good to work with, even if you're writing for free. Meet your deadlines. Don't throw tantrums. Proofread your stuff.
Respond well to feedback. If someone takes time to read the unfinished version of a long project, they have done you a wonderful favor.
Expect 100 rejections of various types before you get your first book published. Then, if you get rejected 80 times, you'll feel like a superstar.
Make friends with other aspiring writers.
Read a lot.
Go to book-related events.
Take creative writing classes when available.
Always be professional and good to work with, even if you're writing for free. Meet your deadlines. Don't throw tantrums. Proofread your stuff.
Respond well to feedback. If someone takes time to read the unfinished version of a long project, they have done you a wonderful favor.
Expect 100 rejections of various types before you get your first book published. Then, if you get rejected 80 times, you'll feel like a superstar.
Roxanna Elden
Usually, I'll have an idea of something that needs to be written and a nagging feeling that I'm the one who needs to write it. Then, I'll think about whether it's really worth the time I'll have to put into it - which, for a book, means several years. If the answer is yes, I set a deadline for the first draft and start working toward it.
Roxanna Elden
I write at the same time each day for a set amount of time, and have a specific "assignment" that needs to get done each day. On the days things aren't clicking, I force myself to get the words down anyway. It's often easier to revise and figure out what you wanted to say once the words are in front of you.
Roxanna Elden
I began writing "See Me After Class" during my younger sister's first year as a teacher when I saw that she needed the same type of advice and encouragement that I needed during my own first year three years earlier. Many teachers get their best classroom tips and most comforting stories off the record from more experienced teachers. I wanted to collect those tips and stories and offer new teachers the funny, honest, practical guide that was missing from the lineup of books for new teachers.
Roxanna Elden
Another teaching-related book. Details soon!
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