Sue Bradford Edwards's Blog, page 160
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 […]
October 1, 2019
Traveling Libraries: Back Before There Was Kindle
Recently we had a conversation at book club. Do you read e-books or print books. My friend Sue was adamant that Kindle is the only way to go. That way she has a choice what to read and always has a book in her purse. Me: Sue, you drive your own car to work, to […]
September 30, 2019
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, […]
September 29, 2019
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: […]
September 26, 2019
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 […]
September 25, 2019
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 […]
