November is National Picture Book Month, and I thought I would contribute to the celebration with a list of ten of my favorite picture books. This is by no means a definitive list - I have hundreds of favorites! - but for our family, these...
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The summer before last, I became a student in the Southampton MFA in Creative Writing and Literature program where I am also...
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One more gift from Peter H. Reynold’s workshop last summer: I.O.P, or “Illusions of Progress.” Now, for some this may have a...
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Here’s another jewel I picked up from Peter H. Reynolds’ workshop last summer: “Story Radar.” This is a term Peter uses for...
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... what would the title be? This was a question Peter H. Reynold posed to his workshop participants during last summer's Southampton Children's...
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I’ve been taking a break from blogging the past month or two, but it’s time to get back to it! And what...
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Last week I had the pleasure of participating in WriteOn.com’s annual online writing conference for children’s book authors. I contributed blog and...
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Independent Publishing essentially has two definitions. In the commercial publishing world, independent publishers (also called "indies" or "small presses") are small publishers...
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A subsidy publisher takes payment from an author to print and bind a book, but also contributes a portion of the cost...
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Last week we touched on the three basic forms of self-publishing: vanity, subsidy and independent publishing. Let's look at the pros and...
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