Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
We’ve fielded questions of all varieties about how the heck we write something as personal as a novel alongside someone else. Well, we have answers.
I consider my writing comfort zone to be chapter books in a series. This is not surprising to me. Ever since I was little, I have
by Paul Czajak I just returned from the 2015 NESCBWI conference a couple of weeks ago and like always, it was fantastic! How many times
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Josh Funk is clever, kind, and funny. He’s in my on-line critique group and part of the New England chapter of SCBWI,
As a kid growing up, I knew that mothers weren’t all the same. But it took me a while to realize how unusual my own
There are two aspects to each story— what it is about and how it is written. Three young adult novels I’ve read over a span
By Carrie Charley Brown As soon as you walk into my house, you get a glimpse of my office. It is not neat. It is
By Kristine Carlson Asselin The query letter. It’s something that strikes fear in the heartiest of us. Asking a stranger if they want to review
Jane Yolen books make my heart sing. So when I heard about her Picture Book Boot Camp, I applied. After four days in Jane’s home,
Inspired by my many hours of listening to audiobooks on my daily commute (see Audiobooks as Leisure Time Part 1 and Part 2), I decided
By Paul Czajak Procrastination, negotiation, dramatically, in-lieu; these are words that you probably would not expect to appear in a picture book. Which, in my
Having been in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, NY last year during the crazy busy Mermaid Parade, I was interested when I received an
Every day, more and more people take pen to paper (or put fingers to keys) in search of their inner muse. It takes a long
Are you certain you know who you are writing for and what species of story you’ve concocted? These two significant pieces of information must be
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