Let’s Get Organized! Part 1

Let’s get organized! It’s the beginning of a new school year. Time to crack open those books and sharpen those pencils! If you’re homeschooling, it’s also time to put grandma’s saying, “a place for everything and everything in its place,” into practice. There are...

5 Reasons to Join a Critique Group

We writers often forget that our writing is a form of communication, which by definition requires more than one person. We sit alone, pen in hand or fingers poised over keys, and travel through our imaginations writing down what we see. It’s only once the romp is over...

SCBWI 2012 Summer Conference

Wanna know what you missed? On August 3-6th the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators held their 41st annual summer conference in Los Angeles. What an amazing opportunity! The whole place oozed with creative energy. Editors, agents and authors both...