By Amy Courage I love writing picture books. What’s not to love? They’re short, fun, and full of sweet, quirky characters that you can make
Category: Writing – Middle Grade & Young Adult
BELIEVE IN YOUR IDEA; TRUST YOUR PROCESS
GUEST POST BY WENDY ORR Wendy Orr is the author of many award-winning books, including Nim’s Island, Nim at Sea, Rescue on Nim’s Island, Raven’s
Finding Your Voice
By Dana Nuenighoff To write a good book, you need a killer plot with no plot holes, a vivid setting, and characters that stay with
Meet #kidlit blogger and debut author, Danielle Davis.
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I found Danielle through her wonderful blog about picture books, “This Picture Book Life.” Her literary love is evident and I’ve been
…and then I read THE 100
I’m a stickler for getting things right. Scientific or historical inaccuracies REALLY BOTHER me. On the outside I’m polite and forgiving, but inside? I rail
A Guide to the Writing World
By Dana Nuenighoff Like every industry, the publishing industry has a set of rules. Rules which both publishers and agents expect authors to follow. Many
Two Truths and a Lie Interview
Two Truths and a Lie is the first book in a fascinating new series that presents some of the most crazy-but-true stories about the living world as well as a handful of stories that are too crazy to be true—and asks readers to separate facts from the fakes!
Write Deep
Congratulations New England Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators! Celebrating forty-five years of influencing and encouraging quality children’s literature and capping it off with
Cover reveal for The Art of the Swap (and a little “how a book is born” story to accompany it)
By: Kristine Asselin and Jen Malone We’re joining you today from the land of co-writing to (hooray!!) reveal the cover for our first joint venture!
Want to Know Your Characters? Try a Character Sketch.
By Dana Nuenighoff One of the hardest aspects of writing a novel, a good novel, is creating characters that are relatable. Whether you’re writing a
The Plotter, Pantsed
By Dianna Sanchez Recently, I baked banana cookies. I was doing a series of posts on holiday recipes because my book, A Witch’s Kitchen,
Meet #kidlit debut middle grade author, Alyson Gerber
Carol Gordon Ekster: I had the pleasure of living in the same town as Alyson and watching her grow up into a beautiful, intelligent, and
So You Didn’t Win #NaNoWriMo
By Dana Nuenighoff With end of November last week, many people in the writing community struggled with finishing their 50K word goal for NaNoWriMo. If
Finding Your Views
By Dana Nuenighoff A few days ago, I watched an interview with Emma Watson and Lin-Manuel Miranda from back in March. If you are unfamiliar
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