FlickerLab Takes Live Animation to the Next Level
With today’s tech-savvy SVOD-gobbling kids, who are more connected than ever, it’s becoming increasingly advantageous for content creators to develop properties that are fully…
Gribble’s Scribbles
On Being Yaccarino’d
San Francisco based author Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner may have written the most fun wrap-up about taking the “Essentials of a Picture Book” class, with…
Back to School Reading List
The Book App Alliance — a group of leading kid lit authors creating book apps for children — informs parents and teachers about apps…
Mondays with Mira Video Review of Roxie ‘Munro’s Mazeways: A to Z’
Roxie Munro is one of our favorite writers, illustrators, and app developers. Recently Dr. Mira Reisberg of the Children’s Book Academy reviewed Munro’s Mazeways:…
The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries
In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library in Hudson, Wisconsin. Five years later there are 18,000 Little Free Libraries around the…
Carson McCullers’s Little-Known 1964 Illustrated Children’s Book
It’s always a joy to discover children’s books written by authors who typically write for adults. Author and playwright Carson McCullers’s Sweet as a…
100 Twitter Hashtags Every Writer Should Know
Since being invented, the hashtag has made it easy for Twitter users to discover topics of importance, or strong interest. Writers can use Twitter to…
The Best Suggestion I Ever Got From My Editor
In August, Senior Manager of Author Platforms Andrea Bachofen asked a group of Random House authors about the best suggestion they’ve received from editors….
10 Ways to Promote Your Book Trailer
You’ve made an awesome book trailer, and you can’t wait to share it with the world. If this isn’t your first time at the…
Why I Left My Mighty Agency and New York Publishers (For Now)
Claire Cook had a big agent, supportive publishers, and advances that allowed her to live well. However, things started to change, and it was…