soaring20s – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Interview With Joana Pastro, Author of Bisa’s Carnaval

November 12, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Get those preorders in! Due out Dec. 7, Bisa’s Carnaval is full of heart and happiness, and bursting with color!

Interview with Colleen Paeff, Debut Author of The Great Stink

September 10, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Things that definitely don’t stink: Today’s author, her debut book, and this interview. I’m so happy to have the opportunity to chat with Colleen Paeff about her debut, The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem.

Interview with Debut Picture Book Author/Illustrator, Shelley Johannes

May 25, 2021 Kim Chaffee

This is the book I didn’t know I needed right now. A story of siblings, seasons, and seeing the bright side of any day, More

Interview With Debut Author, Melanie Ellsworth

May 14, 2021 Kim Chaffee

For Melanie Ellsworth, the plan was to celebrate her debut picture book, Clarinet and Trumpet, in August of 2020 but COVID reared its ugly head and said, “hip, hip, no way!” A bummer to be bumped but now she gets to celebrate TWO book birthdays in two months and I’m so excited to chat with her about them both in today’s interview.

INTERVIEW WITH DEBUT AUTHOR, NONIEQA RAMOS

April 9, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Interview with debut picture book author, NoNieqa Ramos.

Interview with debut author, mindy yuksel

March 23, 2021 Kim Chaffee

In My Mosque is equal parts stunning art and beautiful, important text. It shares with the reader the joys and traditions found in mosques around the world and showcases the friendship and community found inside.

Interview with Debut Author/Illustrator Julie Rowan-Zoch; Plus a giveaway!

March 12, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Julie Rowan-Zoch has perfected the combination of humor and facts with her author/illustrator debut, I’m a Hare, So There!

Interview with Susan Kusel, Debut PB Author of The Passover Guest

February 12, 2021 Kim Chaffee

I’m so excited to interview Susan Kusel about her debut picture book, The Passover Guest.

Plotting and Pantsing Their Way to a Debut

September 11, 2020 Kim Chaffee

I told the authors and illustrators of the Soaring ’20s debut group that it was time to come clean…about their writing process that is. So I asked them, are you a plotter or a pantser?