Guest Post & Giveaway: Stacy DeKeyser on The Brixen Witch

Guest Post & Giveaway: Stacy DeKeyser on The Brixen Witch

(McElderry, 2012)

By Stacy DeKeyser

We all have our reasons for wanting to be published. Some of mine: For the pure joy of playing with words. To disprove those who’ve told me it can’t be done (i.e., to be honest, out of spite).

To share something profound about the human experience.

I’m not saying books can’t be fun.

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Guest Post & Giveaway: Liz Garton Scanlon on Why We Should Think Big

Guest Post & Giveaway: Liz Garton Scanlon on Why We Should Think Big

By Liz Garton Scanlon

A few years back, I realized that we often mean only two or three things when we talk to kids about art — certainly painting and drawing, perhaps sculpture, maybe music.

We mean “art-that’s-the-kind-the-art-teacher-teaches”. Which is both awesome and true, but also limited. What about photography? What about dance?

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Guest Post & Giveaway: Marc Tyler Nobleman on Further Than a Google Away

Guest Post & Giveaway: Marc Tyler Nobleman on Further Than a Google Away

By Marc Tyler Nobleman
for Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations

The Internet may be endless, but it’s incomplete.

Whenever I tell an audience (whether young or adult) that you can’t find every answer online, the skepticism in the room is usually palpable. Some people seem unable—or simply unwilling—to process this.

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