Fun Tips and Tricks to Encourage Reading and Writing This Summer
Whether you're traveling or staying close to home, here are four more ideas perfect for weaving reading and writing into your summer days!
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How to Weave a Little Reading and Writing into the Summer Break
How to Weave a Little Reading and Writing into the Summer Break
Karen Benke, Author of Rip ALL the Pages! | My Writing and Reading Life
Karen Benke is the author of several books, including Rip the Page! Adventures in Creative Writing, Leap Write In! featuring more adventures in creative writing, and Write Back Soon: Adventures in Letter Writing.
The Art of Getting Your Children’s Book Reviewed
You’ve written a book, it is soon to be released, and you’re ready to get the word out. We’ve established that book reviews are the way to go, where do you start?
Getting Published at Age 17
Getting Published at Age 17: Will Kostakis, author of The Sidekicks, discusses how, what went wrong, and what he learned.
Why Curmudgeonly Characters Make Good Kids Book Characters
A grumpy character is someone with flaws. Real people have flaws. Kids like real people
How You Can Take the Pressure off Emerging and Reluctant Writers
Karen Banke's RiP tHe PaGe! AdVeNtUrEs In CrEAtIvE wRiTiNg (Roost Books/ Shambhala Publications, translated into Russian and soon Korean) helps to take the pressure off emerging and reluctant writers.
The Art of Writing About What You Know
Ismée Williams is the author of WATER IN MAY. She discusses the art of writing about what you know.
When a Film Producer Debuts a YA Novel
Emily Ziff Griffin is the author of Light Years, a novel for young adults published by Simon Pulse on September 5, 2017. She discusses wearing two hats in When a Film Producer Debuts a YA Novel.
An Exploration of Love at First Sight and Its Existence in Stories
Sunshine is Forever, by Kyle T. Cowan, is a love at first sight story, but it is also a commentary on this trope and why it exists in the first place.