A Big Boost for #WeNeedDiverseBooks
An update on an ongoing and increasingly successful fundraising campaign for #WeNeedDiverseBooks that will create new opportunities for writers of color.
An update on an ongoing and increasingly successful fundraising campaign for #WeNeedDiverseBooks that will create new opportunities for writers of color.
A report on the CLNE conference, "Writing the Past: Yesterday Was Once Today," held November 14-16, 2014 at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Prompted by the SCBWI's creation of a new category for translators, I reflect on the need for more children's books in translation.
A report on the Sixth Annual Albany Children's Book Festival from the attendee side of the table.
My Lego book launches continue with Halloween-themed setups for Evil Librarian and Devin Rhodes Is Dead.
I introduce Surviving Santiago via the 777 Challenge, in which I post from a work-in-progress seven full lines from the seventh page, starting seven lines down.
In a guest post, literary agent Regina L. Brooks offers five general rules for writing young adult fiction that both teens and adults will want to read.
A set of Lego scenes for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot inspire thoughts on changes in American Jewish education and identity over the past few decades.
Thoughts on motivation, validation, and what it means to be an amateur photographer or writer making art for the fun of it.
A response to the Jefferson County, Colorado school board's effort to teach obedience rather than history, and the student walkout that ensued.