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October 15, 2019
Writing Fast: 3 Tips to Help You Get the Words Down
I have a book due Friday so I’m in the midst of a rewrite. Before I can do this essential task, I need to get words on the page. I can rough out 12,500 to 15,000 words in about 7 days. Here are three tips to help you get the words down fast. Have a plan. […]
October 14, 2019
Teen Read Week: Win A Set of Books
Mackin Library Services is celebrating Teen Read Week by giving away book collections from 13 different publishers. If you are a teacher, check it out and enter! You can click here to go to the entry form. Participating publishers and imprints include Bloomsbury, Candlewick Press, Diamond Book Distributors, Hachette, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, MacMillan, Penguin […]
October 13, 2019
Book Sightings
Last Friday morning, I was puttering along on Facebook. I hadn’t even made coffee yet when I came across a friend’s post. “When your kid brings this book into your perfectly happy dog-free home and you have to read an entire chapter that very persuasively debunks your #1 allergy argument, suddenly censorship of books doesn’t […]
October 10, 2019
Setting the Scene in Your Home Office
The other day I read a post by Debbie Ridpath-Ohi, Want to Do Your Drawing or Writing in a Medieval Tavern... This was the first that I had ever heard of of ASMR or Animated Scenes for Meditation or Relaxation. As Ohi explains, she has a basement office and she likes to shake things […]
October 9, 2019
Inanimate Objects Tell It Like It Is
How do you take a step back from an emotional topic and give young readers the space they need to read and learn about it? Linda Skeers recommends using an “unnatural narrator.” Think inanimate object. One of the topics that Skeers discusses are riots, specifically the Stonewall Riots. Rob Sanders rights about the riots in […]
October 8, 2019
Spin a Story: How to Avoid Preaching to Your Reader
Recently I read New Kid by Jerry Craft. This book is a must read for anyone who is writing about a sensitive topic. What do I mean by a sensitive topic? Anything that it is easy to, as my mother would have said, get on your high horse about. Politics. Immigration. Social justice. Anything like that […]
October 7, 2019
The 2019 Kansas Authors Club Children’s Book Award
When a writer creates a new manuscript, we hope it will connect with readers and help them see the world in a new way. Jennifer Bailey not only succeeded in doing that but has been recognized for her accomplishment. Congratulations to writing friend Jenn Bailey! Her picture book, A Friend for Henry, just won the […]
October 6, 2019
Free Conference: LibraryCon Live!
LibraryCon Live! is a virtual conference put on by Library Journal and School Library Journal. I attended this event last fall and have to say it was the best conference I’ve attended in years. Informative and entertaining and, unlike many virtual events, no tech issues! Here is their description of this year’s event: “We’re excited to offer […]
October 3, 2019
Slow Reading: A TED Talk with Jacqueline Woodson
Unlike my husband and my son, I am a fast reader. I fly through books at an alarming speed. If I drove this fast, someone would pull me over. I’ve always known that fast may not be best when it comes to reading. My husband and son both remember virtually everything they read. I remember […]
October 2, 2019
Cover Reveals: JFK plus Tupac & Biggie
Love, love, love finding my book covers online. If nothing else, it means I can now tell people about the books. These are my two latest. When they sent me the list of “American Crime Stories” titles, I immediately requested The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. I’d grown up with this story. My father worked at Channel […]
