mark teague: writer, illustrator, knows where the bathroom is

Another day, another author signing at the Reading Reptile. The beautiful, amazing, children’s bookstore. Did I mention I live two blocks away? Why yes, I DO live a charmed life. This time, the author in question is also an illustrator. Mark Teague! Scholastic has sent him on a junket! Yes, they still do that for [...]

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fortune cookies book launch party

I know you’re beginning to think we don’t do anything around here but launch books. YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. Case in point: Fortune Cookies, by A Bitterman (Pete Cowdin), Illustrated by Chris Raschka. How many authors do you know run the register at their own book party? So I run into Judy Hyde, Fearless Leader [...]

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the secret–writing the perfect picture book

Technical difficulties, my little doves, kept me from posting on ye olde blogge yesterday. And today, for that matter. I will make this short and oh-so sweet. I found Flip Footage from our last KSCBWI workshop, in March. Sandy Asher did a humdinger of a job speaking on picture books. Sandy is a jack-of-all trades, [...]

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napibowriwee gone wrong

Depending on your perspective, I was either duped, shamed, or lured under false pretenses into participating in the NaPiBoWriWee. Write seven picture books in seven days.  It’s a great idea started by a fab gal, and I have absolutely no business participating. Because this is what you get, when a YA writer turns her talents [...]

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