April 15, 2017

At first I was going to entitle this post, “Shame. Guilt.” Then I thought, “Nah. I’m giving myself a break.” I hope you will too. Boy, have I neglected my site, or what? Why? Because Jerry and I took over here. The Institute for Writers and its sister school, the almost 50-year-old Institute of Children’s…

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October 30, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #245 Stuff That Gets in the Way of Writing  [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/245-Stuff_that_gets_in_the_way_of_writing.mp3″ title=”Stuff That Gets in the Way of Writing” artist=”Katie Davis” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Announcements Learn to write and earn college credit with a home study course from our sponsor Institute for Children’s Literature. Take the free aptitude…

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October 9, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #243 12 Things To Do After a Conference [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/243-What_To_Do_After_a_Conference.mp3″ title=”12 Things to do After a Conference” artist=”12 Ideas” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Announcements Enter the Institute for Writer’s PreK Writing Contest! There will be $1300 in prizes awarded and you could win. For all the details visit www.instituteforwriters.com/prekcontest or…

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September 18, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #242 Picture Book Summit An Interview with Julie Hedlund [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/242-PictureBookSummit.mp3″ title=”Picture Book Summit” artist=”Julie Hedlund” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Announcements Last week to register for Picture Book Summit! The deadline to register is September 25th. Don’t miss it – www.picturebooksummit.com. Listen to hear Jon Bard’s take on Picture…

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August 21, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #239 Idea Generator for Your YA Novel An Interview with Anne Collier [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/239-Idea_Generator_for_Your_YA_Novel.mp3″ title=”Idea Generator for Your YA Novel” artist=”Anne Collier” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Announcements Not sure how to get started with your marketing? Get Your First 1000 Followers is my new LIVE class coming this Fall…

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August 7, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #237 How Much Do You Edit Out? An Interview with Author Lisa Schroeder [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/How_Much_Do_You_Edit_Out.mp3″ title=”How Much Do You Edit Out” artist=”Lisa Schroeder” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Announcements Not sure how to get started with your marketing? Get Your First 1000 Followers is my new LIVE class coming this…

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June 26, 2015

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #232 Making a Living as a Writer An Interview with Laura Purdie Salas [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/brainburps/Making_a_Living_as_a_Writer.mp3″ title=”Making a Living as a Writer” artist=”Laura Purdie Salas” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Click to tweet about this week’s episode Announcements Picture Book Summit is coming October 3rd! The Early Bird registration is now…

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