When I knew I was going to the Highlights Founders workshop for five days, I set up my blog posts for the whole week. This week, not so much. But then again, here is what happened, starting Saturday:
Benny (son) in…
15Mar
12Mar
Five authors and five illustrators have been selected from 57 candidates submitted by 32 national sections of IBBY for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. The award, considered the most prestigious in international children’s literature, is…
12Mar
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10Mar
One of our attendees was Doug Wechsler, a guy who is definitely following his bliss. He is an amazing nature photographer and also is credited with the shots below.
9Mar
Making the Web Work for You was AMAZING! Great attendees, great faculty, and better than any of us? The chefs! I would've taken pictures of the food, but it was gone by the time I remembered to. I got one…
8Mar
Yesterday I covered what I did to make the trailer below for How to Promote Your Children's Book: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets to Create a Bestseller . Today I'll go over how I did it.
Wrote script, and timed/edited it by…
7Mar
I'm at the Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop and who is here but Jules Danielson, of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, and who happens to know American Sign Language? Jules does!
Happy World Read Aloud Day!
7Mar
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6Mar
From LitWorld:
Your Top 7 Actions for an Incredible WRAD!
1. Host a Book Swap Bash with your friends and bring short pieces to read that make people laugh.
2. Gather a group of children, donate some books and stay awhile to read…
5Mar
I'm at the Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop this week as faculty in their Making the Web Work for You week. One of the things I'm teaching is all about book trailers. Book trailers need as much editorial viciousness as manuscripts.…
