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Interview: Accomplished Author Melissa Stewart

June 2, 2023 Joyce Audy Zarins

JAZ: Melissa, I am honored that you agreed to this interview. Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-floor Ecosystem is fascinating! Our readers are eager to learn

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June Picture Book Opportunities

May 30, 2023 Marianne Knowles

Online contests, challenges, courses, and other opportunities for picture book creators for June, 2023

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A Conversation with Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Author of TORCH: a YA Novel about Czechoslovakia, Resistance, and Hope

May 26, 2023 Alumni & Guests

Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s YA novel Torch brings 1969 Czechoslovakia to life, a time when the country is living under Soviet tyranny. The novel has won major book awards, most recently, Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.

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I have a suggestion…regarding Character Arcs.

May 23, 2023 Marti Johnson

A friend of mine, who also happens to be a writer, gave me a book called CREATING CHARACTER ARCS, The Masterful Author’s Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development, by K.M. Weiland, PenForASword Publishing, 2016. (Thank you Tina Oppici). Tina has been suggesting I read it for over two years. She finally handed me a copy and I’m glad she did.

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The Odd World of Writing for Children

June 18, 2013 Paul Czajak

The children’s writing community is an odd bunch. Don’t get me wrong, I mean that in the most respectful way possible since I am a

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Interview with Kristine Asselin

June 14, 2013 Carol Gordon Ekster

I met Kristine a couple of years ago at one of the NESCBWI kidlit meet-ups she organizes. She is a sweet special lady who feels passionate

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Let the Writers’ Rumpus Start!

June 11, 2013 Marianne Knowles

Does the wild rumpus start or begin? Scroll to the bottom of this post and join the conversation. Yesterday would have been Maurice Sendak’s 85th

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Rumpus Writers

Alumni & Guests
- A Conversation with Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Author of TORCH: a YA Novel about Czechoslovakia, Resistance, and Hope
Alison Potoma
- An Authors’ Recipe for Thanksgiving
Amy Amberg
- How Do Libraries Choose Books? Collection Development in Public Libraries: An Interview with Library Director Noelle Boc
Carrie Charley Brown
- Critiquing: A Superpower?
cathysogren
- An Interview with Author Janie Reinart
Carol Gordon Ekster
- Meet Your Writing Goals – Join a Writing Community!
Dana Nuenighoff
- What My Past Manuscripts Have Taught Me
DrZatHome
- HONORING JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!
Hilary Margitich
- INTERVIEW WITH DEBUT PICTURE BOOK AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR MARIE BOYD
Joyce Audy Zarins
- Interview: Accomplished Author Melissa Stewart
Dianna Sanchez
- The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Math for Kids: An Interview with Rebecca Rapoport and Allanna Chung
Keri Demers
- THE LOUD LIBRARIAN: Written by Jenna Beatrice and Illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones
Kim Chaffee
- Dedications: How Do You Decide?
Kirsti Call
- THE BIG SCREAM, by Kirsti Call, illustrated by Denis Angelov
Laura Fineberg Cooper
- MG Book Talk with Jessica Brody, talented (and prolific!!!) author of AMELIA GRAY IS ALMOST OKAY
Lexi Donahue
- APRIL Middle Grade and Young Adult Opportunities
Marcia Strykowski
- Meet Author/Illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall!
Marti Johnson
- I have a suggestion…regarding Character Arcs.
Marianne Knowles
- June Picture Book Opportunities
Paul Czajak
- Kids, and the Daunting World of Writing
René Bartos
- Bringing Up a Writing Family: A Kidlit Journey with Award-Winning Author Jane Yolen
Rebecca Moody
- Flat Publishing Profits in 2022 Continue into 2023–What Does It Mean for Authors?

Pew!: The Stinky and Legen-Dairy Gift from Colonel Thomas S. Meacham

By Cathy Stefanec Ogren, Illustrated by Lesley BreenMarch 15, 2023

A giant wheel of cheese--the perfect gift? History picture book available today from Sleeping Bear Press.

Smarty Ants

By Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call, Illustrated by Erin TaylorAugust 1, 2023

57 days to go.

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