Does the idea of attending a writing critique group make you nervous? You’re not alone! Check out a few tips for calming those critique jitters.
5 Tips for Overcoming Writing Critique Group Jitters
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27 Books Teens Should Read
Recommended books for teens and tweens.
Good Question by Guest Blogger, Jonathan King
Build relationships with kids by letting them ask questions.
Look, Discover, Create
Here are 3 ways to fit “looking time” into your day.
The Prayer of Jabez for Writers
Do you remember reading about the prayer of Jabez? Have you considered how it might apply to writers?
Which Came First…the Chicken or the Egg?
Image by Pexels from Pixabay If you’re in the children’s book industry long enough, you’ll find out there are two schools of thought. Some editors, authors, and agents believe the chicken came first. Others argue it was the egg. Personally, after writing over 100...
5 Tips for Writing Memoir
Resources for writing your memoir.
The Sky So Heavy: A Book Review by Kathryn Dover
Book review of The Sky So Heavy by Kathryn Dover
Setting Your Reading Goals for 2022
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the...
Great Writing Isn’t Born—It’s Built Sentence by Sentence with Self-Editing
While I was self-editing my first children’s novel in 1989 (gasp, yes, I hung out with Methuselah et al.), I consulted a great little book called Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to edit yourself into print. The wise authors, David King and Renni Browne, helped...