Small Reads for Brighters Days
Howdy! I’m over at Lydia Lukidis’ blog today with a Blissfully Bookish post about the writing of If You Want to Knit Some Mittens! I hope you’ll check it out and also comment on Lydia’s site to enter the giveaway of a signed copy! And stick around to get to know Lydia, too :>) Here’s […]
I know lots of teachers I meet up with want to write kids’ books, so I just wanted to share that I’m giving a webinar on work-for-hire writing. These are largely the series nonfiction books that school libraries buy. If you’re interested in learning more about this field and whether you might want to give […]
I blog mostly for educators, but I know some of you are also children’s writers. So I wanted to share that I’m offering a webinar later this month called How Much Money Does a Writer Make? And let me stop right here to say, how much money a writer makes is NOT the most important […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Some of you know I share my income online every year. And I know many authors and aspiring authors take part in Poetry Friday, so I want to give you a heads-up that I’ll be doing a virtual event via Zoom on the evening of […]
A couple of weeks ago, my writing group, the Wordsmiths, did our little holiday get-together. Great food (can you say whiskey truffles?), laughter (lots), small & lovely gifts, and talking about books and works in progress. We were missing two comrades-in-pens, but other than that, what a lovely afternoon! Thanks, Joyce Sidman, for hosting. It […]
Children’s writers, this post is for you, though, teachers, you might find interesting ideas for exercises regarding voice and tone to do with your students. I’m over at Teaching Authors today with a Wednesday Writing Workout called The Cinderella Trifecta: Is Writing on Assignment Right for You? Get your pens or keyboards ready…go! I hope […]
Teachers, I’m in the editing/revision process for my next book with Millbrook Press. Carol, my insightful editor, wondered if the book needed more of an opening to orient the reader. I wrote the book as a Things To Do If… poem (see some quick TTDI poems here and here and here), and if you go […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) A couple of weeks ago, I took my niece Lily (remember our collaboration of poetry and art here?) for a game/art night. We do this every once in a while. She’s very artistic. We go to a coffee shop and doodle or do rock art […]
First of all, writer friends, I have a guest post up at Angie Karcher’s RhyPiBoMo series. I shared an excerpt from the book Lisa Bullard and I wrote together, Rhyming Picture Books: The Write Way. Take a peek if you’re interested! And teacher friends, welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers […]
Each January, I choose a word of the year. This year, my word, my theme, is EMBRACE! I plan to try to embrace my writing life. If I can’t embrace it, I’m going to try to ditch it–either not do it (and quit feeling guilty about not doing it), outsource it…something. I love picture books, […]
