Here is Where Positive Thinking Has Taken Me!
I was getting ready for BEA. “Ooh,” I say to myself, “There is an app by sideways.com available for conference goers” It was a very cool app that tells you…
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Brain Burps Blog
Thoughts on picture book writing, publishing advice, behind-the-scenes stories, and inspiration for writers and readers of all ages.
Brilliant Idea to Market a Book
Though it’s not a YA title, if I ever wore a hat it would be completely off my head to author Jennifer Belle, who wrote The Seven Year Bitch. Knowing…
Gut Trusting
I was doing some back and forth emailing a friend I’m collaborating with on a picture book I wrote and he is illustrating (not yet sold – we have high…
You Know You're a Word Geek When…
Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link about the 100-year-old OED definition of “siphon” being wrong. The way it was discovered was fascinating! http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
Oh! Book Chook blogged my autobiogra-strip!
SO nice! Thanks, Book Chook! 😎 http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
Emerging Voices
2011 EMERGING VOICES APPLICATION About the Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellowship Program Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program for writers in the early stages of their literary careers. The program…
Reverso Reviews!
This is an adult entry for this blog – some words may be sensitive to some readers. You have been warned. Betsy Bird, over at SLJ, reviewed Mirror Mirror today…
Spine Poetry
My new fave blog is 100 Scope Notes by Travis Jonker. Thanks to him for this very cool link to the spine poetry that people at the Somers Library have…
I Scooped NPR!
Okay, maybe not scooped, exactly, but I gotta take my moments where I can, right? Couldn’t self-delusion be termed positive thinking? 😎However, NPR is my favorite radio station ever so…
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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.
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