by jdsmeaton | Apr 5, 2022 | How To
How To Get A Book Agent Let’s talk Literary Agents. I’m specifically talking about agents that rep graphic novelists but the majority of this info is the same for regular novelists. The major publishers for the most part only accept book submissions through agents....
by jdsmeaton | Mar 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
I made a font from my handwriting for lettering my comics & I’m going to show you the steps so you can too. People learn differently so I’ve posted the video as well as the written step by step. You’ll need: Adobe Illustrator Fontself A way to...
by jdsmeaton | Mar 2, 2022 | How To, Storytelling, Writing
So you want to know the secret to writing a best-selling middle-grade graphic novel. I’ll tell you now, the answer is not satisfying. It’s like the question, “how do you make a viral video?” This is the formula for a viral video. Make video Release video Tap into...
by jdsmeaton | Feb 1, 2022 | Storytelling, Writing
You may have noticed the different banner above. I changed focus a few months back from writing about random things of interest to focusing on the craft of writing middle-grade fiction. So I have rebranded from The Newsletter of Awesomeness to The Middle-Grade...
by jdsmeaton | Jan 5, 2022 | Recommendations, Storytelling, Writing
Stupid, inbred, cro-magnon, idiot, loser, jock, punks. That was a line I had a character say when some jock gatekeepers wouldn’t let him into a party. I was in a writing class years ago and brought in the piece that had that line in it. The writing teacher called it...
