Writing A new book, and a state-by-state look at the series 19 Aug 20131 Feb 2023 UPDATE: The information in this post is obsolete, but it's all been brought up to date in a new post from 2017.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…
Writing Networking for children’s authors: What’s the dress code again? 20 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 Over the years, as my career shot through its giant pinball machine, changing directions whenever it hit a peg, I have been involved in quite a few trade associations, ranging…
Books Book Review: “Hawks Rest” by Gary Ferguson 19 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 Why am I writing a review of a book that came out over eight years ago? Because it went out of print -- which made me unhappy because it is…
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