What would you call “writing success?” I guess those two words mean different things to different people. I found the blog post, “A Ramble: The Elements of Writerly Talent and Improvement, by editor Brooklyn Arden a great read. She addresses the questions: “How much of writing success is talent, how much perseverance, how much conscious education in craft?”

What is your definition of writing success?

The Institute of Children’s Literature is sponsoring an Early Reader Mystery writing contest. The deadline is July 18, 2015. Take a leap of faith and send in that story that you’ve written. Last year, I submitted to them a short story that I had filed away for ages. Guess what? I won first place! You can too!

Genre: Refers either to a general classification of writing, such as the novel or the poem, or to the categories within those classifications, such as the romance novel or the sonnet. – Writer’s Digest Weekly Planner