Friend Friday
I so appreciate Margo Sorenson's insights below, about the need to take a story from "oatmeal" to something special and unique. She does it through aloha spirit and puns, resulting [...]
Friend Friday
As much as I love celebrating my friends' work for Friend Friday, it is an especial delight to celebrate a debut book. And it is a delight to be reminded [...]
Friend Friday
I will confess, upon reading Amy Butler Greenfield's essay below, my stomach lurched. Give up a project that was "one small revision" away from a sale? Whoa. Yes, Amy's story [...]
Friend Friday
As someone who also does a daunting amount of research for my books, I completely relate to Rob Sanders' experiences, shared below. Not only do we writers need to answer [...]
Friend Friday
On her website, Beth Anderson describes writing as mining -- "digging deep for memories, emotion, and meaning." Her essay below about creating her latest picture book feels like a miner's [...]
Friend Friday
One of my passions is to tell little-known stories of the past; clearly Shari Becker and Louisa Jaggar share that passion. They went to incredible lengths to tell the story [...]
Friend Friday
What a pleasure to celebrate author/illustrator Don Tate today! The experiences he shares below remind me a bit of the cruel experiments that inspired Gennifer Choldenko's Orphan Eleven, where kids [...]
Friend Friday
Laurie Wallmark poses an intriguing question in today's essay. I wonder how other book creators might answer it? While I wouldn't describe my passion for historical fiction a rut, I've [...]
Friend Friday
I first "met" Sarah Miller through her fabulous Miss Spitfire; Voya says "Miller brings history to life," and that is no exaggeration. Her work always adds something fresh, especially to [...]
Friend Friday
I discovered Eden Royce's Root Magic (HarperCollins Publishers) through a cover reveal on a favorite blog, the Nerdy Book Club. The cover was evocative, as was the book's description, which [...]