Promoting Diverse Books for Every Reader: The “Cheat Sheet” and More
Building on Grace Lin's "Cheat Sheet for Selling Diversity," I offer alternative ways of presenting small press and less heralded diverse titles.
The Value of Workshops
Writing workshops can be especially useful in identifying flaws in a manuscript or getting unstuck, as I found with Surviving Santiago.
The #WeNeedDiverseBooks Panel at BookCon
A report on the #WeNeedDiverseBooks panel and the multicultural small press panel at the 2014 BookCon in New York City.
How to Make Friends with the New Kid: Advice for Kiara from the New Kids
My presentation to ELL students at Manchester, CT's high school and middle school explored insights gained from being a newcomer from a different culture.
Rulebreakers
A report on a panel at the Cambridge Public Library featuring the YA essay anthology Break These Rules and thoughts on success and rulebreaking.
#WeNeedDiverseBooks Because We Are Not Alone
My blog contribution to the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign, which emphasizes the building of bridges among activists and people of different backgrounds.
Revision and the Photographer’s Challenge: The Bricksters, Part 2
The challenges facing photographers who have fewer opportunities to revise and some of the problems with my early LEGO photography.
Home Is Where the Art Is: A Profile of Illustrator Elizabeth Zunon
A profile of local African-American artist and picture book illustrator Elizabeth Zunon, whose signature style includes cut-paper collages and African motifs.
The Perils of First-Hand Research
An illness likely contracted in the course of researching my next book prompts me to reflect on how realistic writers take risks in the service of authenticity.
Patricio Has Writer’s Block, But I Don’t: My Writing Process Blog Tour
My contribution to the My Writing Process Blog Tour, where I talk about the fun of revision and why I write about social and political struggles.
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