Shortly after I joined my first critique group in 2015, I read an incredibly inspiring author interview. (Unfortunately, I now…
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There’s been some recent buzz in the kidlit community about fresh takes on nonfiction picture books. Enter, stage right: author…
It isn’t easy to get a picture book published, especially with a Big Five house. It’s also tough to have…
I write funny books. (Or, at least, that’s my intent.) But, even a humorous story has to have some deeper…
Psst. Want to know a secret? When I’m brainstorming story ideas, I nearly always come up with the title first.…
I’ve been wanting to write a post about pitches for a while, and realized that if I was going to…
I can finally shout it from the rooftops! My debut picture book, Vampire Vacation, illustrated by the incredible Micah Player,…
It’s almost the new year, and you might be making a list (and checking it twice) of writing goals for…