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…
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 And the next Who Pooped book is… 14 Sep 201219 Aug 2013 We have a contract for my 18th book in the Who Pooped in the Park? series! This one will be titled Who Pooped in the Cascades?, and will cover the…
Writing Rolling the Dice: Sacrificing style guides for clarity 17 Jan 20121 Feb 2023 UPDATE 2022: The issue of multiple acceptable spellings came up again, this time in a resume. Am I a copyeditor or a copy editor? If you have a question about…
Writing Book Review: Writing with Pictures 26 Oct 20111 Feb 2023 I've finally finished reading the book that I won at the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) conference in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. Well, technically…
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,…
Books Book Review/Feedback Loop: “Toxic Feedback” by Joni B. Cole 8 Aug 20111 Feb 2023 Where do you start a review of a book about feedback for people who write books? My initial temptation was to start by pointing out page 67, where the author…
Book Signings 11 MORE book signing tips for authors 2 Aug 201130 Jan 2023 It seems like I've been writing a lot about book signings lately, most likely because my mini-book tour has made me think about events more. While on the road, I've…
Book Signings Things people say at book signings 28 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 If you sit long enough at a book signing table, you hear all kinds of interesting questions. During my signing tour in Yellowstone National Park this week, signing Who Pooped…
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