I just read about FRED, Fathers Ready Every Day, yesterday in my local paper. As a project designed by Texas A&M, FRED’s goal is to encourage father-child involvement and daily rituals of bonding and learning between children and positive male role models. The website provides a reading log and other tools to get started. Pass… Read more »
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John Green on NaNoWriMo
Whether you’re writing a novel this month or not, you’re gonna love this!
Maggie Stiefvater’s Pre NaNoWriMo Process
Maggie Stiefvater, prolific author of LAMENT, SHIVER and BALLAD is a NaNoWriMo success story. Maggie describes her novel planning process in detail in her blog. Check it out. Really good stuff!
Pay it Forward Friday: David Macinnis Gill and his Halloween Teen Read
Yesterday I stopped by the website of one of my crit buddies, David Macinnis Gill. It had been a while since I’d visited and I was blown away with the “busy-ness” of it all. I adore “busy” websites because they give me that amusement park feel. Maybe that’s not a fair comparison, because some amusement… Read more »
Ask an Agent Panel
Last night, several top agents held a Twitter Q&A panel. Participants included: Rebecca Sherman, Literary Agent, Writers House Elana Roth, Literary Agent, Caren Johnson Literary Agency Colleen Lindsay, Fine Print Literary Management Sara Kase, Assistant Editor at Sourcebooks See what they had to say here.
A Thank You Gift for My Blog Followers
Since November is the month of Thanksgiving, I want to say thank you to my loyal followers with a: Private Picture Book Peek Week Coming November 2nd!A picture book manuscript critique contest for my blog followers only. To be eligible, you must be a member of my followers list in the sidebar of this blog.Enter… Read more »
The Vibrant Triangle Part II
“I try to remember now that my words on the page, my manuscripts, even (one day!) my published books are not the finished product. The experience of a child listening to my story completes the process. I just love that idea. It connects me to something bigger than my own self in my own room,… Read more »
The Vibrant Triangle in Picture Books
Why are certain picture books read over and over again? Why do some become beloved bedtime or story time tales? According to Tam Smith, children’s author, the answer is found in The Vibrant Triangle. This is no Da Vinci Code, folks. According to Smith, “The Vibrant Triangle is the dynamic between the picture book, the… Read more »
Pay it Forward Friday – a Day Early: Spoonfuls of Stories
Cheerios is putting a favorite picture book in their cereal boxes. What a wonderful idea!!Vote for your favorite “Spoonfuls of Stories” picture book today.
National Novel Writing Month – I’m Jumping In
I just signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I’m s-o-o-o-o excited. NaNoWriMo begins November 1st. It’s touted as “Thirty Days and Nights of Literary Abandon!” How can I resist? I’ve written three other novels which are at various stages of resting and revision. But they weren’t written under pressure. I noodled around with… Read more »
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