Lydia Lukidis's Blog, page 13
May 12, 2021
Author Debra Shumaker on how to Publish Expository Nonfiction- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author who defines perseverance, Debra Shumaker. Check out her new nonfiction book Freaky, Funky Fish, illustrated by Claire Powell, and published by Running Press Kids, and see her cosmic journey below… BUT first- YAY! Debra is generously giving […]
April 21, 2021
Author Miranda Paul on Writing Commercial Nonfiction- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an award winning author who’s not only talented, but one of the kindest people I have ever met, and my own dream agent, Miranda Paul. Check out her new lyrical nonfiction book Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of […]
April 14, 2021
Author Kim Zachman on How to Craft Proposals- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome yet another talented nonfiction writer: Kim Zachman. Here she is, discussing her book There’s No Ham in Hamburger, a middle grade nonfiction book illustrated by Peter Donnelly and published by Running Press Kids. I was interested to hear what […]
April 7, 2021
Author Cynthia Levinson on Social Justice- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome yet another talented nonfiction writer: Cynthia Levinson. Here she is, discussing her book The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art, illustrated by Evan Turk and published by Abrams. The title alone captures the hook of […]
March 31, 2021
#FallWritingFrenzy Finale!
Hello world! Instead of my usual Q & A with authors regarding their new books, here’s a fun post about the Fall Writing Frenzy contest I co-host with Kaitlyn Sanchez. Author Jolene Gutiérrez won with her entry, and she won a special prize: a collaboration with musical artist/writer Annie Birdd. Here’s their conversation, and don’t […]
March 24, 2021
Author Lisa Amstutz on Connecting Kids with Nature- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome a talented NF writer who’s a mentor to me, and who also just became an agent at Storm Literary, Lisa Amstutz. After writing over 150 books, she still had time to release another: Mammal Mania, middle grade nonfiction, published […]
March 17, 2021
Author Barb Rosenstock on How to Craft NF Bios- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author who needs no introduction, and who landed a Caldecott Honor in 2015 among many other awards: Barb Rosenstock. Read below to see her journey creating Mornings with Monet, a nonfiction picture book, illustrated by Mary Grandpré and […]
March 10, 2021
Author Patricia Newman on Getting Through Rough Drafts- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome author an award winning author I admire greatly for her skilled NF writing, Patrician Newman. Read below to see her journey creating Planet Ocean, middle grade NF, with the lovely photographs of Annie Crawley, published by Millbrook Press/Lerner Publishing. […]
February 24, 2021
Author Andrea Wang on Using Mentor Texts- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome author and EMLA agency sister Andrea Wang, here to chat about her newest picture book, Watercress, illustrated by none other than Jason Chin, published by Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. Check out her author journey below. BUT first- YAY! Andrea […]
February 11, 2021
Author Baptiste Paul on Slowing Down and Connecting- PLUS GIVEAWAY!
Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome the acclaimed author Baptiste Paul, here to chat about his newest picture book, Peace (Paz/Frieden), co-written by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Estelí Meza and published by NorthSouth Books/Nord-Sud. Check out his author journey below. I absolutely love the message […]
