New Voices: Shachi Kaushik & Susan Johnston Taylor Share Picture Book Advice

Posted on April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

Spotlight image: Shachi Kaushik celebrating Diwali with her new book.

I love sharing the success stories of Austin authors with Cynsations readers. Today I’m interviewing two debut picture book authors, Shachi Kaushik and Susan Johnston Taylor, about their paths to publication and advice for aspiring writers.

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Guest Post: Becca Puglisi on Setting as a Characterization Tool

Posted on November 2, 2016January 6, 2021

By Becca Puglisi

In storytelling, our number one job is to make readers care. We want to ensure that our fiction captivates them on many levels and that our characters seem like living, breathing people who continue to exist in readers’ minds long after the book closes.

So how do we do this?

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