Christina & kiddos
By Erin Petti & Christina Soontornvat
Today Erin and Christina talk about
their new releases and lives as newly published authors.
Then
offer tips as to how to survive and thrive your literary debut experience.
Erin Petti is the first-time author of The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee (Mighty Media,
Linda reflecting on her writing life.
By Linda Boyden
How do I write?
With deepest apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Dr. Seuss, let me count the ways:
with pencil, pen or quill,
from a picture, if you will,
on a napkin, in the dark,
Continue Reading Guest Post: Linda Boyden on How Do I Write? »
The Latest Trend: Beautifully Illustrated Nonfiction Picture Books by Vicki Cobb from The Huffington Post. Peek: “Great illustration should have a balance – a reduction to the essence, as well as visual interest and a seductive charm – dare I even say, beauty?”
The Book Monster: When Writing Gets Hard by Kate Moretti from Writer Unboxed.
In the early part of last year, Rick Walton, one of my best friends and a prolific picture book writer, was diagnosed with a terminal and aggressive brain tumor.
For many years before this diagnosis, Rick battled early-onset Parkinson’s disease.
Recently, the tumors returned (after a surgery that left Rick partially paralyzed) and as I write this,
Continue Reading Guest Post: Carol Lynch Williams in Memory of Rick Walton »
Donna Janell Bowman is the first-time author of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Lee & Low, 2016). From the promotional copy:
A Horse that can read, write, and do math?
The Vermont children’s book community had an incredible treat on Oct. 7 at the Stowe Cinema 3Plex in Stowe, Vermont:
We all descended on a movie theater in Stowe where Katherine Paterson had opted to hold the premiere of the film adaptation of her National Book Award-winning middle-grade masterpiece,
Continue Reading Guest Post: M.T. Anderson on the Premier of “The Great Gilly Hopkins” Film »
This week I’ve caught myself for two minutes here, five minutes there, reading a scene from my manuscript in progress.
Not to edit it. Not because I’m nervous about what my new editor will say (that won’t kick in for another couple of weeks).
Not because I don’t have other things to do.
Continue Reading Election Reflections & Caring for Your Creative Heart »
Check out the book trailer for Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger (Simon Pulse, 2016). From the promotional copy:
A weekend retreat in the woods and an innocent game of three truths and a lie go horribly wrong in this high-octane psychological thriller filled with romantic suspense by a Lambda Award–winning author.
Continue Reading Book Trailer: Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger »
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Check out the book trailer for Teen Frankenstein by Chandler Baker (Feiwel & Friends, 2016). From the promotional copy:
High school meets classic horror in Teen Frankenstein, Chandler Baker’s modern re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s gothic novel.
It was a dark and stormy night when Tor Frankenstein accidentally hits someone with her car.
Continue Reading Book Trailer: Teen Frankenstein by Chandler Baker »
Social Justice Books to Teach Kids About Global Issues from What Do We Do All Day? Peek: “Social justice, whether it be environmental, political, gender oriented, or economic is a crucial subject and we must discuss it with our children if we want them to grow up to be compassionate global citizens.”
