Jenn Bishop is the first-time author of The Distance To Home (Knopf, 2016). From the promotional copy:
Last summer, Quinnen was the star pitcher of her baseball team, the Panthers. They were headed for the championship, and her loudest supporter at every game was her best friend and older sister,
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KS William Allen White Award winner Chris Grabenstein with 6-8 graders
In updating the Awards for Children’s and YA Literature By State for Cynthia Leitich Smith’s author website, I discovered several programs and librarians taking unique or creative approaches to build interest in the books.
Congratulations to fellow Vermont College of Fine Arts faculty member Martine Leavitt, who also an alumna, for winning the Canadian Governor General’s Award. Peek: “Told in spare, beautiful prose, this transcendent exploration of reality and truth is funny, frightening and affirming.
Wherein Belle and I discuss books and gender empowerment.
The fourth of a four-installment dialogue with Ambelin and Cynthia.
Our focus is on the creative life and process,
speculative fiction, diversity, privilege, indigenous literature, and books for young readers.
Don’t miss Ambelin on Ethics,
The third of a four-installment dialogue with Ambelin and Cynthia.
Our focus is on the creative life and process, speculative fiction, diversity, privilege, indigenous literature, and books for young readers.
Don’t miss Ambelin on Ethics, the Writing Process & Own Voices or an Interview with Ambelin on Justice,
Sample chapter from Candlewick Press
The second of a four-installment dialogue with Ambelin and Cynthia.
Our focus is on the creative life and process,
speculative fiction, diversity, privilege, indigenous literature, and books for young readers.
Yesterday,
The first of a four-installment dialogue with Ambelin and Cynthia.
Our focus is on the creative life and process,
speculative fiction, diversity, privilege, indigenous literature, and books for young readers.
I am an Aboriginal author, illustrator and law academic who comes from the Palyku people of Australia.
Suspense or Manipulation? by Claudia Mills from Smack Dab in the Middle. Peek: “Vary chapter endings so that some can offer, e.g., satisfying closure on a scene, or a humorous or serious reflection.”
Synopsizing Your Way to Success by Vaughn Roycroft from Writer Unboxed.
Kansas State U. Powwow with son Carlos & cousin Matthew Lester (senior)
By Traci Sorell
I had no idea how beneficial an agent could be when I attended my first SCBWI conference in October 2013.
I quickly realized how much about the industry I did not know.
I began to network with other children’s writers,
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I’ve moved into indie publishing lately, where it is entirely my choice which books I release into the world. So, I’ve been thinking about branding.
One thing it has taken me a while to realize is that just because you don’t write the most popular thing and you get some bad reviews because of it,
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