award-winning picture book and middle-grade author
I take the month of July off from blogging but have set up weekly writing links posts for you to enjoy. See you again in August!
Troubleshooting Deep POV and Voice :: Publishing Crawl
What is the relationship between plot and theme? :: KM Weiland
The Best Writing Advice :: The Winged Pen
How to write a good climax in a novel :: Nathan Bransford
14 Content Ideas for Author Newsletters :: The Book Designer
Blasting Off: Reclaiming a Daily Writing Habit :: Kristi Holl
I take the month of July off from blogging but have set up weekly writing links posts for you to enjoy. See you again in August!
How Ramona Quimby Helps Kids Make Sense of this Unstable World :: Lit Hub “Ramona stands for empathy in the face of misunderstanding. She reminds us how it was to be a child in a big world, needing to be seen, cared for, and reminded that we belong.”
100 Things You Might Not Know about Beverly Cleary :: CBC
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: 50 great thrillers by women :: The Guardian
Science Has Figured Out Why You Love the Smell of Old Books :: Reader’s Digest
Making Room for Silence :: Writer Unboxed
The most common mistakes writers make :: Nathan Bransford
I take the month of July off from blogging but have set up weekly writing links posts for you to enjoy. See you again in August!
Channeling The Reader’s Brain: What We Expect of Every Story :: Janice Hardy’s Fiction University
Self Care for Writers :: The Winged Pen
Picture Book Biographies We Love :: The Read-Aloud Revival
(Listen to the podcast, and / or scroll down to see the list of books)
Picture Book Basics — Understanding Format :: Words and Pictures: The SCBWI British Isles
Visions of Revision :: Uma Krishnaswami
Try this trick when your novel is stuck :: Nathan Bransford
I take the month of July off from blogging but have set up weekly writing links posts for you to enjoy. See you again in August!
Why and How I Teach Historical Fiction :: Scholastic.com
What’s Appropriate for Kids to Read? There’s Value in Exposing Them to Tough Stuff :: The Washington Post
Building a Personal Reading List :: Uma Krishnaswami
Do you have a story concept, or just a cool idea? :: Writer Unboxed
Historical Fiction Picture Books :: What We Do All Day
Tips for Complex Historical Research :: Writer Unboxed
I take the month of July off from blogging but have set up weekly writing links posts for you to enjoy. See you again in August!
Advice for Newer Writers :: Miranda Paul
How to Write Yourself an Edit Letter :: Be Your Own Mentor
On Letting Go (revision) :: Marion Dane Bauer
Survivors: Dian Curtis Regan on Thriving as a Long-Time, Actively Publishing Children’s Author :: Cynsations
“The advice I would give my beginner self: Nothing stays the same. Never trust an upward trajectory. There will be bumps along the road, and some will be mountains.”
30 Things I’ve Learned About the Writing Life :: Writer Unboxed
and in a similar vein…
Best of…Writing Advice :: Janet Fox
