Thursday, April 24, 2025
Are Disability Stories in Kid Lit (Finally) Having a Moment?
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Looking back at the books I read last year and loved, I was pleasantly surprised to find so much disability representation. True, I do tend ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Colors Are Relative (part one) - Illustrator AC Bodnar Plays with Color Theory and Practice
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Did you know that in many ancient cultures, the ocean was described as "wine" colored because they didn't have a word for blue...
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Get Creative With Your Creative Accountability
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My head likes to lie to me. It says: You’re lazy. You don’t write enough. You’re not a real writer. What I’ve come to learn—in life as well ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Rally for Inclusive Education at the US Supreme Court April 22, 2025
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Shared by our friends at Authors Against Book Bans, here's the scoop on the Rally for Inclusive Education , happening Tuesday April 22, ...
Thursday, April 10, 2025
The Spoon Theory—It’s Not Just For Disabled Folks!
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Ever catch someone identifying as a “spoonie” in a social media bio? Confused? Curious? Allow me to explain. There’s an essay that’s become ...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Ben Wolf over at BookBub explains the "selling" and "connecting" duality of in-person events
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I was impressed by this breakdown in How I Sell More Books at Live Events about how Ben approaches the author-potential customer interact...
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Lessons in Resiliency From Bozo the Clown
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Growing up, I had this Bozo the Clown punching bag toy. Tube-shaped and made of hard rubber, it stood about four feet tall and had a weighte...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Celebrate We Need Diverse Books Day on Thursday April 3, 2025
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SCBWI's friends at We Need Diverse Books just announced " We Need Diverse Books Day, " happening this Thursday April 3, 2025! ...
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Using Picture Books to Mitigate Climate Anxiety
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I wrote a picture book manuscript as LA burned. When the fire broke out on January 7, it had been a wonderfully blustery day due to th...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Were Your Books Stolen in Meta’s "Massive AI Training Book Heist"?
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So instead of asking authors and paying for the rights to use our books to train their AI system, Meta evidently just used books and article...
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