If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. For my newsletter this month, I offer more book titles that friends and fellow writers recommended. And more reading.. If you write, you … Continued
Read, Read, Read One of the most important things I learned as a new writer was that I should read plenty of books of the kind I intend to write. That wasn’t hard, because I was already a voracious reader. … Continued
Parents who read books to very young children will be familiar with concept books. This kind of picture book often deals with counting (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), shapes (This is a Book of Shapes), letters of the alphabet (C is … Continued
If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. Asking the “What If?” Questions Newsletter Recently at my launch for Sophie and the Giant Boy, I asked the children on the … Continued
If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. Offering Critiques in a Writer’s Group For this month I polled fellow members of our critique group on the feedback they requested. … Continued
If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. This month, see replies to my query of fellow authors. Inspiration for your Day People write for a variety of reasons. Some … Continued
If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. This month consider how you handle the distractions to your writing. Writing Through Distractions In our August book launch for Discover Your … Continued
Critique Groups for Writers If you’re a writer looking for encouragement and help with your writing, you’re in the right place. This month we consider how a critique group is of value to the solitary writer. Critique Groups—How … Continued
May 2020 Newsletter: I hope you and your family are getting through these pandemic days safely and without too much distress. Past the initial apathy and shock, and with children also feeling anxious, you just want it to be over. … Continued
If you write poetry, read it too! I hope you and your family are getting through these pandemic days safely. This month we take a look at poetry, reading it, and learning more about it. If you write poetry, … Continued