It is so exciting when a writing colleague is published for the first time. It is even more exciting when that colleague is eleven years old! I first became aware of Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, when we both participated in Picture Book Ideas Month in 2011 (that link leads to a guest post…
KIRSTEN LARSON is the winner of my August giveaway. One copy of Emma Walton Hamilton’s Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment will be winging its way to Kirsten in the near future. Congratulations, Kirsten, and thanks to everyone who reads my blog and takes the time to comment.
As In the Spotlight week continues, we turn our attention to the outward accoutrements of a Fairy Princess. (Fairy Princesses are very particular about their royal attire.) It is, of course, essential for a Fairy Princess to have a crown, wings and … a WAND! I have a Fairy Princess wand. So has Geraldine. It…
Yes, my Wednesday Worthy for In the Spotlight Week is none other than Geraldine, the Very Fairy Princess herself! (She assures me that fairy princesses are very comfortable in the spotlight.) Through the generosity of Emma Walton Hamilton and her co-author, as well as their publisher, Little, Brown & Co., Geraldine has graciously agreed to…
I don’t mean taking a ruler and drawing a line under your words to emphasize them. That’s a different sort of underscore altogether. The underscore I’m talking about is a film term — the music that runs through a movie, enhancing and emphasizing the action and emotions of the film. Sometimes, one is hardly aware…
Taglines. You’ve all read them. They are those concise, highly memorable slogans used to promote a film. In a few words, the tagline encapsulates the key concept of the movie. Taglines are riveting. They stay with you. The best of them become part of society’s lexicon. To read some of the best movie taglines ever…
Thanks to the random number generator at random.org, it is easy to select a winner of a giveaway, and know that it is a totally fair and random selection. (Thank you random.org!) There were many entries for the writer’s resources giveaway — as always, I wish I had a book for each of you. However,…
Yes, I think writer’s resources deserve a shout-out as Wednesday Worthies. It is invaluable to an aspiring/emerging writer to learn from those who have traveled the road before. I don’t like facing the wall when I work, so my desk faces out towards the room and I look directly at my bookcases when I look…