Michael Chekhov - nephew of playwright Anton Chekhov - was an esteemed Russian-American actor, director and acting teacher. Among those who studied with him were Gary Cooper, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Palance, Lloyd Bridges, and Yul Brynner. Constantin Stanislavski,...
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November is National Picture Book Month, and I thought I would contribute to the celebration with a list of ten of my...
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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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