Fellow writers! Worried your opening lines are going to make your reader feel like this? Or worse yet, like this? When it comes to hooking an agent or editor, the stakes are even higher. At a recent SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference Stacey Barney (Senior Editor at Penguin/Putnam) said she knows on the first page if she’s going to sign a … Continue reading Welcome to 8 on Eight!