Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
In this season of making resolutions, what could be a better one than using your talents to help those around you achieve success? As a
One of the best presents I ever received from Santa Claus was a brown paper bag filled to the brim with paperbacks. It had a
I am SO thrilled to finally be fulfilling a life-long dream of mine to become a published author and I want to share that excitement
The Raindrop Who Couldn’t Fall was released December 15th and at my book launch I felt grateful as I read my story to a throng of supportive
UPDATE: CHARACTER PUBLISHING IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. Some titles have been acquired by other publishers. I first contacted Jerusha Bosarge through the SCBWI Discussion
UPDATE: Scarletta is now called Mighty Media Press Today I have the pleasure to post an interview with the publisher of Scarletta, Nancy Tuminelly. I
This week I’ve been playing agent. And while I often fancy myself a secret agent, in this case I mean literary agent. As one of
Guest Post by Stacy McAnulty Writers’ Rumpus is honored to be the first stop on Stacy McAnulty‘s blog tour for her picture book DEAR SANTASAURUS, illustrated
For the Thanksgiving holiday, instead of thoughts on writing I offer something I wrote: a free verse poem based on an actual event. Our family
Now that you know Why thirty-two pages? is the standard number for your picture book, you can pace your story within that format. By editing,
By Kirsti Call I’m a sucker for a good writing challenge. Something about working with a bunch of other writers really gets me motivated. This
I didn’t have much experience dissecting chapter books until I started writing them. I’m not sure if any other authors go through the same process when
