Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
By Carrie Charley Brown Does anyone else remember that Calgon slogan? For some reason, it stuck with me through childhood and continues to pop into
By Paul Czajak An Open Letter to Celebrity Children’s Book Writers My wife did something shocking that rocked the foundation of our marriage. A betrayal
My life is a tornado. Sometimes kids, house stuff, homeschooling, church work, therapist duties, chickens, and everything else pull me into a frenzy of activity
Sometimes the writing life throws punches. I’m not even talking about the 1100-plus rejections that I’ve received. For me it’s the smaller disappointments. The lack
When I needed to find a professional to review a contract I had been offered, a number of people suggested Mary Flower, a veteran lawyer
Using simple math here, rather than spend $100 to market 10 books evenly (allotting $10 to each) and risk having them all slip under the radar, it’s better business for the publishers to spend $90 on one book and divide the remaining $10 among the other 9 books. It increases the odds that the featured one will get noticed and, if it’s successful, the money it makes will cover any losses or (more typically) supplement the far more modest sales the other nine achieve. Plus, the attention it receives will possibly shine light on the rest of the publisher’s offerings.
By Carrie Charley Brown Writing allows me to turn my internal reflections into external expression at my own pace. That must be why I connect
The best part of being an auntie is sitting down with my nephews and nieces and reading a good book together before bedtime. I have
Reviewed by Kirsti Call I grew up making hand crafted gifts for loved one. After sharing this with my kids, The Not Very Merry Pout Pout
I contacted Tracey Fern after reading her amazingly beautiful Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud. I love interviewing
By Dana Nuenighoff If you’re a writer, you know that critiquing is one of the many important steps in the process. You don’t just sit
Nine-year-old Miranda and I went for a walk. She told me what she thinks about books. Here’s what she said. Topics that some kids like
A couple of months back one of my writing groups had an email discussion that went something like this. Details have been changed to shield
I am not by definition a scaredy-cat, but I do like to sleep at night. So, I avoid reading thrillers with zombies or other creatures
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