In this week’s SCBWI’s Bonus Read: Discover Your Artistic Side: Nourish Your Muse In Different Ways, Suzanna E Henshon, PhD encourages writers to develop the right side of their brain (creative side) through drawing. She says that writers often use only the left side of their brain (logical side) while writing their books, but they could be creating a… Continue reading How Noodle Doodle Dinners Can Improve Your Writing
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My Favourite Picture Book Authors
Here is a list of picture book authors that I think are brilliant. Julia Donaldson – I just love the Gruffalo, Stick Man, Sharing a Shell and the list goes on. Her characters are so lovable, her rhyming is superb and her endings are happy. Mo Willems – Who doesn’t love Elephant and Piggie? The Pigeon… Continue reading My Favourite Picture Book Authors
Creativity Keeps Me Happy
It doesn’t matter what the project is, writing a book, doing a painting, creating a web application or developing new recipes – I am always happy when I am being creative. This week’s project is for Hallowe’en. Hallowe’en is by far my favourite holiday. My mom and I used to sew all of my costumes… Continue reading Creativity Keeps Me Happy
5 Things To Know About Debut Authors
Many of the blog posts I have read about publishing in today’s market are done in list format. This got me thinking, I should create a list of things to know about debut authors. Maybe this will be a good refresher for the agents and editors out there that forget what it is like to… Continue reading 5 Things To Know About Debut Authors
Picture Books for Kids Bootcamp
I have taken the first step in fulfilling a dream. I’ve signed up for “Selling Your Children’s Book: How to Write and Pitch Novels & Picture Books for Kids Bootcamp”. (This title makes me giggle because when it is open in a browser tab, it gets cut off and all you can see is “Selling… Continue reading Picture Books for Kids Bootcamp