Hello, dear blog readers. Remember me? Once upon a time, I blogged very regularly. Then I got Very busy with writing projects in 2014. My year wrapped up something like this: I celebrated the January 2014 sale of En Garde! The Dueling Words of Abraham Lincoln (Peachtree, 2016.); I wrapped up two Capstone books for… Read more »
Writers and Illustrators in the kidlit world are special people, don’t you think? Our goal is to wrangle empowerment, entertainment, engagement, and hopefullness for children. Sometimes, remarkable things blossom from this community of children’s writers and illustrators. Today, let’s talk about two movements that we should all support: We Need Diverse Books is a grassroots… Read more »
Like the rest of the country, I’ve been in a state of shock, grief, and confusion since last Friday’s horrifying tragedy in Connecticut. My heart goes out to the families of the slain victims, to the responding emergency personnel who will be forever changed by their traumatic duty, and to the Newtown community whose… Read more »
Whew! I polished up my newest WIP, sent it through my trusted critiquers, and buckled down in revision mode for a while. A few days ago, I sent this new project off to my agent. It’s likely she’ll ask for more revisions before it goes out into the world. That’s okay. It’s all forward motion…. Read more »
A nice surprise flashed across my screen and into my mailbox this week. I’ve received a Letter of Merit from SCBWI in response to the 2012 Nonfiction Research Grant. *smiles* Back in February, I applied for the work-in-progress grant, hoping to nab the $2000 award to offset travel and other related research expenses related to the… Read more »
There’s nothing like cheering on a friend as their new book baby is born to the world. Put your hands together to help celebrate the release of amazing books by four of my talented Austin friends. Click here to join the applause. Author Don Tate IT JES’ HAPPENED (Lee & Low Books, April 2012)… Read more »
I’m woefully behind on my blog posts. There’s good stuff on the way, I promise. For now, I’m pleased to share that, at the recent 2012 Houston SCBWI conference, I was humbled and flattered that multi-award winning author/illustrator, and TV show creator/producer Dan Yaccarino nominated my picture book biography manuscript for the Joan Lowery Nixon… Read more »
Recently, my friend author Samantha Clark shared a link to a USA Today article I would recommend to all of you. It is titled Study: New Children’s books lack reference to nature, animals. In it, the journalist presents startling results from a multi-university study of Caldecott winners and honorees between 1938-2008. The impetus of the… Read more »
Argh! While I was away, my fantabulous blog roll disappeared. Are cyber gremlins afoot? Stay tuned as I rebuild.
Pardon the blog interruption while I hunker down for some serious revising. I’ll be back mid-February. Happy writing!
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