What Should Our App Be?
Today’s post is actually a question – well, more of a favor. We’re working with our wonderful publisher on developing an app for The Very Fairy Princess. We’ll start with…
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And the Oscar Goes To… Children’s Lit!
Say what you will about the ceremony itself (I actually found it to be refreshingly tender and dignified, for the most part), Sunday night’s Academy Awards were a tribute to…
Beach Writes – The Southampton Childrens Literature Conference
“If you’re dreaming of becoming the next J. K. Rowling, we’ve got the perfect place for you—the Southampton Children’s Literature Conference!” So said School Library Journal last year after Rocco…
Red Flags
With all the new publishing options available in our digital world, how can we verify the quality of an agent, editor or publisher? Unfortunately, the publishing industry is no different…
A Lesson in Showing Versus Telling
Last week I started teaching the spring course in Childrens Literature for grad students in the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton. We spent the first…
Shout-Outs, Giveaways and Reciprocity
One of the things I love best about being a member of the children’s lit industry is the spirit of community with which we support one another. Unlike many other…
Character + Problem = Story
Last week, we delivered the first draft of the next manuscript in our Very Fairy Princess series. This one is a leveled reader – still 32 pages, like a picture…
The End of Publishing… Again.
Early this week I had the pleasure of interviewing veteran literary agent and children’s book expert George Nicholson for the Children’s Book Hub. George reminisced about the time when it…
