Friend Friday
Dear readers of my blog: As most of you know, after many, many years of running this feature, today is my very last Friend Friday. Don't worry -- I haven't [...]
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
I am so pleased to host Kristin O'Donnell Tubb today in celebration of her newest novel, Luna Howls at the Moon -- and not just because she's a fellow dog [...]
Friend Friday
Beth Bacon is one of the hardest working writers I know. One who is not dismayed if the road to publication takes several circuitous routes. I will confess that when [...]
Friend Friday
Oh my goodness: I love Dana Middleton's post today and its reminder that stories do indeed chose us! I'm sure many of us can relate to Dana's story of wanting [...]
Friend Friday
Susan McCormick should probably buy a lottery ticket. Or perhaps a hundred. When she set out to write a medical fantasy that would catch young readers' attention the way Rick [...]
Friend Friday
I always enjoy hearing the story behind the story and Vicki Conrad's story behind her newest picture book biography is full of twists and turns, not unlike the swampy Everglades [...]
Friend Friday
I had the great fortune to "meet" Jamie Hogan through the Institute of Children's Literature, when I was an instructor there. I don't remember if I was helpful to Jamie, [...]
Friend Friday
In 2013, I went to a literary arts festival in Portland and ended up with a new friend: Susan Hill Long. I'd taken the train down so was able to [...]
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 [...]