Thanks again to Cindy Pon for stopping by and chatting here at Chocolate for Inspiration. And now for the winner of FURY...(Drum roll)Terry Lynn Johnson!!!!!By the way, I had to put that picture up of Cindy, Lexi and myself. It's an old one, before her first book had...
So one of the reason's why I hadn't been blogging much was I threw a bridal shower for my sister, Julianne. A couple of you mentioned you'd love to see the pictures so here they are! Maybe it will inspire you to have an Asian themed party. Since my sister worked in...
A friend sent this video link to my husband and it brought back so many great memories of living in Korea and made me a little 'home' sick. Thought I'd share it with you. I know some of you also used to live in Korea or even still do!And if you've been following my...
Have you ever thought about how food could effect your writing? Or are you like me and need food while you write? Check out my post over at The MiGs on how food inspires my writing. I'd love to hear your stories too!
I make my students read at least 20 minutes every day. They even have to record their minutes on a piece of paper and turn it in every Friday. To my parents, I promise them improvement in their child’s overall reading and writing levels just from that 20 minutes....
Scholastic, the largest publisher and distributor of children's books, released last December a list of 10 Trends in Children's Books from 2010. I thought this was pretty interesting: * 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...
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...
Can I just say that the moment Arianne Lewin, executive editor at Putnam, started speaking at the SCBWI Miami conference I decided she was brilliant? Not only is she down to earth and funny, but she has heaps of knowledge to share in an easygoing, natural way. She has...
Wow. SCBWI Miami was amazing. So amazing that after coming home I went straight to my computer and did a big push on my revisions. The intensive I took featured agent Erin Murphy, author and writing coach Joyce Sweeney, and executive editor Krista Marino. They were...