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Meet #kidlit debut picture book author, Hayley Barrett.

June 11, 2019 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Your debut picture book, Babymoon with Candlewick Press came out on April 2, 2019. This beautiful rhyming text, filled with emotion and

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Meet #kidlit debut picture book author, Kim Chaffee

April 9, 2019 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Kim Chaffee joined our SCBWI critique group a few years back and was an instant shining light in her dedication to the

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Meet Kerry Madden-Lunsford, #kidlit author, teacher, and inspiration

February 12, 2019 Carol Gordon Ekster

Carol Gordon Ekster: I was so blessed to participate in Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple’s picture book boot camp in 2015 and wrote about it

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Paul Czajak, Children’s Author and Critique Buddy Extraordinaire

October 2, 2018 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: My writing path crossed with Paul’s when he first joined our local NESCBWI critique group. We continued to share our writing journey

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Interview with Kim Harrington, YA and MG #kidlit author

February 6, 2018 Carol Gordon Ekster

  CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Kim Harrington, a fan of Writers’ Rumpus, is an acclaimed author with Scholastic, Penguin, and Sterling Childrens Books. I interviewed her below.

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Interview: Trisha Wooldridge

July 28, 2017 Alumni & Guests

By Dianna Sanchez T.J. Wooldridge, better known as Trisha to her friends, is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Massachusetts. She caught my

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Meet Debut #kidlit Author, Katey Howes

July 11, 2017 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Katey Howes at the 2016 NESCBWI conference and her smile and warmth lit up the air around her. I’m so

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Meet Linda Marshall, Children’s Author

June 12, 2017 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: When I connected with Linda, I noticed how much we have in common. For the sake of brevity, I’ll just mention these

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Meet Alison Goldberg, #kidlit Picture Book Debut Author

March 14, 2017 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Alison, you are not new to writing. You have another publication with a beautiful mission, Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy: The Next Generation,

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Let the Writers’ Rumpus Restart!

September 2, 2016 Marianne Knowles

Our Writers’ Rumpus begins again! Welcome to our new interface. Try it out! We’re excited about how easy it is to navigate. Swipe through Featured

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Finally Seeing the F&G

July 16, 2013 Paul Czajak

Some of you may know, but for those of you who don’t, I have my first picture book being released September 03, 2013 titled Monster

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By Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Javiera Maclean AlvarezMay 4, 2022
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