• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to footer

Hillary Homzie

  • How I Became a Writer
  • About Hillary
  • Contact Me
    • School Visits and Appearances
  • Blog
    • Agents
    • Crafts
    • Favorite Middle Grade Books
    • Getting Published
    • Parenting
    • Revising
    • Time Management
    • Tweens
    • Tween girls
    • Writing
    • Writing Advice
    • Writing for Tweens
  • Press
  • Events
  • Chapter Books
  • Middle Grade Books
  • All Books
  • Picture Books

Writing

Five Tips on How to Tell a Funny Story

February 16, 2012 by Hillary Homzie

A lot of people ask me about being funny. I guess it’s the whole writing funny books for tweens and younger kids thing. Plus, in an earlier life, I used to perform sketch comedy in New York with Rubber Feet and HA! Comedy Duo. You can read all about it in the bio section of […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: humor

When it Comes to Writing, Are You a Monogamist?

February 2, 2012 by Hillary Homzie

Some writers work on one thing at a time. Others are multi-taskers and successfully handle many projects at once. I’m not about to tell you which way to be–only you can decide what works best for you. However, I can tell you how I operate. I’m a serial monogamist when it comes to writing. I […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing, Writing Advice Tagged With: writing advice, writing priorities

The Three Questions that will Give Your Work-in-Progress (WIP) a Verb Tune-Up

January 20, 2012 by Hillary Homzie

When looking over the verbs in your WIP, you can pose three questions that will dramatically tune-up your draft. First, I’ll launch into the first question you should ask. It might seem basic, but it can’t be overlooked. 1) Are you using passive voice? When I’m critiquing manuscripts with passive voice, it signals to me […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing, Writing Advice

What are the Five Hottest Imaginary Creatures? Plus, My Biggest Contest Ever!

April 15, 2011 by Hillary Homzie

To celebrate my book birthday, I’m sponsoring list mania. Okay, so today’s not my exact book birthday. That happened on March 8. But my newest book, THE HOT LIST (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin M!X) is only a newborn at just over one month. And you want to show off your new baby, right? You want to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2

Footer

Upcoming Events

Follow Me

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Search

Copyright © 2023 · Author Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in