Writing – Page 19 – WRITERS' RUMPUS

July Middle Grade and Young Adult Opportunities

June 25, 2021 Marti Johnson

Events, classes, contests for Middle Grade and Young Adult writers for July, 2021

Critiquing: A Superpower?

June 22, 2021 Alumni & Guests

Critiquing the work of others brings an ultra-awareness to the all-encompassing task of writing picture books. With fresh eyes, you present considerations and questions for others that are important to think about in your own writing, too. But when it comes to critiquing your own stories, fresh eyes are harder to come by.

Meet Karen Yin, Debut Picture Book Author

June 8, 2021 Carol Gordon Ekster

Karen Yin is in my picture book marketing group for 2022. But her debut picture book, Whole Whale, with Barefoot Books, illustrated by Nelleke Verhoeff,

June Middle Grade and Young Adult Opportunities

May 28, 2021 Lexi Donahue

Events, classes, contests for Middle Grade and Young Adult writers for June, 2021

Interview with Debut Picture Book Author/Illustrator, Shelley Johannes

May 25, 2021 Kim Chaffee

This is the book I didn’t know I needed right now. A story of siblings, seasons, and seeing the bright side of any day, More

Interview of Author Dawn Prochovnic

May 18, 2021 Kirsti Call

Dawn Prochovnic and I are in a 2021 marketing group and we’re also Rate Your Story Judges together. I’m thrilled to learn about her writing

Interview With Debut Author, Melanie Ellsworth

May 14, 2021 Kim Chaffee

For Melanie Ellsworth, the plan was to celebrate her debut picture book, Clarinet and Trumpet, in August of 2020 but COVID reared its ugly head and said, “hip, hip, no way!” A bummer to be bumped but now she gets to celebrate TWO book birthdays in two months and I’m so excited to chat with her about them both in today’s interview.