Books More ABA bookseller collaboration: Lots of participation and a new book banning board 2 Apr 20145 May 2023 About six weeks ago, I wrote about an idea that I gave to the American Booksellers Association for a collaborative forum where indie bookstores could share ideas for book displays.…
Books 27 ways to find something new to read 18 Feb 20141 Feb 2023 Everybody has a list of the best books of all time, the books you should read right now, the books you should read if you don't want to be a…
Writing A new book, and a state-by-state look at the series 19 Aug 20131 Feb 2023 UPDATE: The information in this post is obsolete, but it's all been brought up to date in a new post from 2017. My 23rd book—18th in the Who Pooped? series—is…
Writing Finding buried treasure — that you buried! 13 Apr 20135 May 2023 It's a rather surreal experience. Here I am, going through a bunch of my writing archives looking for a book proposal template, and I stumble upon an old proposal from…
Writing Myths & Legends of Tea 25 Mar 20135 May 2023 Most writers don't like to talk about their work in process. I guess I'm not most writers, because I like to talk about pretty much everything. I do usually hold…
Writing Who Pooped in the Cascade Mountains? 25 Mar 20135 May 2023 A quick update: We are having some illustrator issues right now, and we're not sure what the release date will be for my 18th poop book: Who Pooped in the…
Education… Oh, boy! My book is a textbook! That’s good news, right? 14 Jan 20136 Feb 2023 When I wrote about this in 2011, I talked about rights reversion and what that means in an age of ebooks. Today, I'm having more of an issue with the…
Writing Working with illustrators 10 Aug 20111 Feb 2023 One of the illustrations Elijah Brady Clark did for my first "Who Pooped" book. At the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) conference in Los Angeles last weekend,…
Book Signings Book Signings: Learn from my mistakes! 25 Jul 201131 Jan 2023 Last month, I wrote a blog post entitled "14 book signing tips for authors." Last night, I kicked myself for not following all of my own advice. Actually, things started…
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