My crit buddy, Beth Revis, along with a slew of amazing authors and book bloggers, is hosting one of the most incredible contests ever. Check out the details on Beth's blog here. Basically you can win awesome books and an iPad. Tell me that isn't awesomeness.
If you all haven't heard yet, my crit partner Debbie Ridpath Ohi from our MiG's group has announced her picture book deal. She will be illustrating I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black - Simon & Schuster 2012. VERY exciting. Yeah, as you canĀ see all my crit buddies are...
Today I taught imaginative narrative to my 2nd graders. Basically, itās a formal way for saying, āNow you're going to writeĀ a really cool story!ā Anyway, one of the things I talked to them about was how they needed to find their niche. The type of story that works for...
Thanks again to Ellen Oh for stopping by and chatting with us here. She's amazing isn't she?AND I have a winner of the Korean silk bag. It goes to Kim Kasch. Congratulations Kim!
Scholastic, the largest publisher and distributor of children's books, released last December a list of 10 Trends in Children's Books from 2010.Ā I thought this was pretty interesting:Ā * The expanding Young Adult (YA) audience * The year of dystopian fiction*...
Grab a coffee, tea or hot chocolate and relax while we chat with Ellen Oh about her upcoming (AMAZING) book, PROPHECY: The Dragon King Chronicles.From Publisher's Marketplace - Ellen Oh's PROPHECY: The Dragon King Chronicles, in which an elite warrior and bodyguard to...
Conferences are a lot of money. Money that most of us don't have much of. But I can honestly say that the money I spent on my SCBWI conference was well worth it.Wow. I got to meet so many amazing writers, agents, and editors. I sucked in more information that I...
AGENT PANEL- Psst! Wanna Know a Secret?Now for the agent and editor panels at the SCBWI conference. Wow. What a fantastic lineup and they were so open and willing to share their thoughts. I jotted down some notes below and hope they can be useful to you!The agent...
Bruce Hale kicked off the SCBWI Miami conference and boy did he kick it off. Wow. Bruce is AMAZING! And not only is he a good speaker, he can write, sing and even dance. Oh, and he wears really cool hats too.He read his book, Snoring Beauty to us (so funny! I loved it...
I've been locked up in my writing cave for the last week (a little sick from too much chocolate and Twizzlers) working on revisions. But I still have more notes to share with you on the conference. I will get to those this week because they've got some good stuff in...