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School Visits: Q&A Writer and Teacher Margo Dill

School visits are a great way for writers and illustrators to reach out to prospective readers and also boost their income.  I wanted to brush up on my skills so when I saw that fellow writer Margo L. Dill was offering a class, School Visits and Author Talks for Children’s and YA Writers and Illustrators, […]

RIP Mordecai Gerstein

Sad, sadder, saddest.  Children’s author and illustrator Mordecai Gerstein died almost a week ago, last Tuesday.  I first met Gerstein through his 2004 Caldecott Medal winner The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, a nonfiction picture book about the tightrope walk between the World Trade Towers.  But I also loved The Camping Trip that Changed America: […]

Punctuation: Put Away the Pitch Forks

Earlier this week, I read a Writer’s Digest post on using one space or two spaces after a period.  Way back when we used typewriters, a double space after a period was essential because not every letter took up the same amount of space.  Now your word processing program neatly spaces things so that this is no […]

Memoir Mistakes to Avoid

It started out as an essay about my father’s 12 hour day in the emergency room.  But as I reread my essay I saw that other bits and pieces of his story were essential to fully understand the impact of that day.  Thus, with the encouragement of several writing friends, I started writing memoir.  Thanks […]

Marketing: Stirring Up Interest in Your Book

There are a variety of ways that writers can stir up interest in their book.  One is to get it out there on social media.  The problem with this is that you can only post about it so often yourself.  No, really.  Do it too often and you start to look just a tiny bit self-absorbed.  […]

Banned Books Week 2019

I know, I know.  This is my second banned books post in a week.  What can I say?  If you are a writer, this topic is vitally important.  Heck, it is important if you are a librarian or reader or a parent. You see, no one is telling parents that they have to give their […]

New Class: Research Before You Write

I am putting together a class on the research you need to do before you start a new nonfiction writing project. For many new writers, one of the trickiest parts of writing nonfiction is getting the research done.  It can seem overwhelming if it is something you have never done before. The class will be […]

Banned Books Week

Guess what starts on September 22, 2019?  Banned Books Week! I always pick out a banned book to read in celebration.  What? That’s not how I’m supposed to react to someone telling me what to do?  Yeah, sorry about that.  It is the way I’ve reacted since I was a tot. Anyway, let’s take a […]

National Book Award: Long List for 2019 Award for Young People’s Literature Released

If you write for teens and you often find yourself inspired by what is making headline news, you need to check out the National Book Awards.  In my experience, the National Book Foundation gravitates towards books that could be ripped from today’s headlines.  The long list for 2019 has just been announced.  These are the […]

Reading Like a Writer: What I’m Reading Right Now

Recently a friend asked about my current reading.  I rattled off the titles of these five books.  She looked perplexed.  “Don’t most people read one book at a time?” I generally read two or three books at a time so five is a bit much even for me. A Better Man by Louise Penny is […]