Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm for Cynsations!
Effective immediately, the Cynsations digital magazine is on hiatus. Find links to posts from our latest issue below:
- Native Voices: Author-Illustrator Cameron Mukwa on Learning & Growing as an Artist
- Author Interview: Padma Venkatraman on Poetry, Publishing & Diverse Verse
- Guest Post: Deb Gonzales: Beyond Pins & Boards: Building a Legacy on Pinterest
- Throwback Thursday: Carole Boston Weatherford Discusses the Need to Write “Untold” Stories with Kekla Magoon
- Cover Reveal & Author Interview: Maria Marianayagam On Her Upcoming Picture Book & Her Writing Life
- Authors Interview: Helen Kampion & Reneé Critcher Lyons on their Publishing Journey
- Author Interview: Donna Janell Bowman on Collaborating with Olympian Billy Mills
- In Memory: Author Marta Crisp, Author- Illustrator Jules Feiffer, Author Carole Gerber & Author John Marsden
- Author Interview: Sue Ganz-Schmitt & Maureen Charles on Infusing Emotion into Nonfiction Books for Kids
- Cynsational News
We’ll return in the spring with more inspiration, insights and information on children’s-YA writing, illustration, literature and publishing.
In the meantime, check out Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Writing Craft Resources for insights on an array of topics from backstory to voice and everything in between. Cynthia also discusses those topics on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and LinkedIn.
You may also pre-order her upcoming releases, Firefly Season, a picture book illustrated by Kate Gardiner, and Legendary Frybread Drive-In, an anthology featuring 17 Indigenous voices, coming soon from Heartdrum.