So You Want To Be a Children’s Book Writer?

April 26, 2010

I’m often asked how to get started with children’s book writing and what resources are available. Here’s the list I send out. It covers the basics and will guide you to more resources. I find my status as “expert” pretty laughable, but expertise is relative. I might not be Jon Sciekza, but I have picked [...]

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NaPiBoWriWee 2010

April 21, 2010

There’s been a flurry of sketchbook activity and notebook reviewing as I get ready for NaPiBoWriWee 2010, founded by the amazing Paula Yoo. That’s National Picture Book Writing Week 2010 for the acronym challenged. To get ready I revisited my notes and ideas from Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month. Seriously did I have [...]

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Hey! Greg Pincus Hacked My Mac!

March 18, 2010

A funny thing happened on the way to getting this blog rolling, and it happened over on The Happy Accident. Greg wrote a post called “the Blahgs” about struggling to maintain momentum with your site. He makes some great points and offers ideas to get yourself back on track. It hit home with me, as [...]

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It Pays To Be Lucky

March 9, 2010

My grandmother won things. Never anything life-changing, like Powerball, just contests held by local grocery stores, or school raffles. Enough so that you’d say she was lucky. Fun fact – she could walk into a a clover patch, bend down and effortlessly pick out a four-leaf clover. That was always cool when I was kid. [...]

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Sense & Sociability

March 6, 2010

My good friend, Beth Dunn, has launched a new blog series at Hubspot focused on online etiquette titled Sense & Sociability . Beth is a big nerd and has somehow found a way to tie her love of social media in with her love of Jane Austen. Odd as that pairing may sound, the column [...]

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