Reminder: Every person’s journey is different.
Every journey to publication is different. Don’t compare yourself to others. Find your OWN path, at your own pace.
Every journey to publication is different. Don’t compare yourself to others. Find your OWN path, at your own pace.
Added to my For The Love Of Reading resource for teachers, librarians, booksellers and young readers: a free, print-ready “Reading Lets Your Imagination Soar” poster. For all my free, print-ready material, please see Debbie’s Print-Ready Archive. I’ve also added a greeting card version of just the found object art to my Zazzle card shop (Canada/U.S.).
I’ve added a free, print-ready poster version of this wonderful Madeleine L’Engle quote to my For The Love Of Reading page. You can find links to ALL my free, print-ready bonus goodies at Debbie’s Print-Ready Archive.
Anyone who thinks that picture books are easy to write because they’re short needs to read this advice from my Simon & Schuster editor, Justin Chanda.
Thanks to my friend Therese Walsh for the great caption! You can find out more about Therese at ThereseWalsh.com and on Twitter at @ThereseWalsh.
I’ve added some free print-ready templates for creating finger puppets related to I’M BORED and WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? You can preview the I’m Bored puppets here and download here. You can get the Where Are My Books? puppets here: Spencer & Mom download, Sis and Dad download and Squirrel/Narwhal/Book download. For all my free, print-ready material, see my Print-Ready Archives. Note that you don’t HAVE . . .
I’ve added a new print-ready poster to my For The Love Of Reading page: You can download the poster here. For more free print-ready literacy posters, activity sheets, bookmarks and more, see For The Love Of Reading. You can also browse my full Print-Ready Archive for teachers, librarians and young readers.
“Picture books create readers from ground up. Don’t rush children out of them.” – Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
I love what Stephen King said about not waiting for one’s Muse to show up. “Don’t wait for the muse. As I’ve said, he’s a hardheaded guy who’s not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This isn’t the Ouija board or the spirit-world we’re talking about here, but just . . .