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...And that's your Flashback Friday: Tony DiTerlizzi Shares the Dummy for the Spider & the Fly!
Happy Picture Book Month!
29Nov
23Aug
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...And that's your Flashback Friday: How to Promote Your Book Interview with Christine Fonseca!
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16Jul
If you're like me, you're having trouble right about now. Trouble figuring out how to stop writer's block.
The warm sand, the smell of Coppertone, summer sunsets ... they're all calling you. Walk away from your blog, the smell of…
20Jan
I interviewed Emma Walton Hamilton yesterday for the podcast and after researching her and seeing the 147 things she's involved in, asked when was she going to lend me her time expanding machine. Because I want it. She refused. It…
15Jan
I Hate To Go To Bed! was my second book published, back 1999. It was very popular and kept selling well for about a decade. But sadly, it went out of print about a year or so ago. I own…
21May
Yes, she wrote one of my all time fave picture books, The Dirty Cowboy, but her blog is called My Desk is a Mess, and decided to start featuring other people's messy desks, which I personally think is a riot,…
24Dec
Like many writers, I'm on various children's literature listservs. One of my groups began a discussion about how great it is to earn money from amazon via one's blog. Some bloggers are earning a lot, too! It's very tempting to…
1Oct
My fall newsletter focuses on school visits so a recent email that ricocheted around various writer and illustrator listservs was of particular interest. That, and it was stunning in its chauvinism.
Most authors I know try to work in a number…
10Sep
I'm not the most organized of folks. I try, I really do. And one thing that keeps/kept me from blogging on a schedule is that I really have this feeling that no one reads me. I'm not on anyone's blog…
20Aug
Editing styles vary as much as people are different. But I have to say, the best advice I ever got on editing was from a very smart man named Michael Stearns, my editor on Mabel the Tooth Fairy and How…
