Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
Recently I traveled almost the length of Cuba on a people to people, educational tour, something only possible recently because I am an American.
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. -Stephen King By Dana Nuenighoff Stephen
GUEST POST by Hazel Mitchell Your book is coming out, and it’s coming at you fast! It’s always the way, you think you’ve plenty of
By Kristine Carlson Asselin Perseverance. It might be my favorite word. I’ve blogged about it before, here (talking about querying) and here (talking about rejection).
By Sarah Lynne Reul I don’t know how you guys have been in the last couple weeks, but I’ve been feeling confused and a bit
I visit the library every day, dropping off a stack of well read books and replacing it with a stack of books I can’t wait to
By Dianna Sanchez I participated in the Arlington (Massachusetts) Book Festival last weekend, one of three on a panel discussing revision, and the moderator popped
This is a story about book people, a table, and some croc-a-mole. Once upon a time Ron McCutchan, then Art Director for Cricket Magazine, had
You’ve done it! You’ve written a children’s book, or maybe a young adult. Congratulations. But before you start to pitch or query your finished manuscript,
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
The school year has started. Long gone are those endless days of summer where thousands of words flow out of me at my leisure. Being
Kid Crazy and the Kilowatt King brings energy into the picture book world with vivid words and illustrations.
Writers’ Rumpus has lost one of our own. I was surprised to discover, when I looked back through our writing group’s attendance lists, that Liz
Carol Gordon Ekster: I had the good fortune of highlighting Hazel Mitchell’s illustrative talents in another interview here at Writers’ Rumpus a few years ago.
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