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Three Questions for Children’s Book Author, Samantha Berger: SNOOZEFEST, advice for young writers and mystery fruit

I love children’s book author Samantha Berger‘s enthusiasm and creativity. Have you seen her #ePUNymousPortraitSeries? In addition to writing wonderful picture books like CRANKENSTEIN (illustrated by Dan Santat) and A CRANKENSTEIN VALENTINE (sequel). Samantha has written cartoons and promos for Nickelodeon, comic books and commercials, movie trailers, theme songs, poetry, magazine articles. . . .


Comic: Another Advantage Of Print Books

I do most of my reading on my iPad and my Kindle; it’s easier for traveling, especially since I always have multiple books on the go and angst too much about which one to take with me. However, I still strongly prefer print when it comes to picture books.


Comic: Font Nerds

And yes, I’m a font nerd. And here’s my favorite Comic Sans song ever:


Uncle Montague’s Tales Of Terror, plus advice for writers and illustrators

Just finished reading Uncle Montague’s Tales Of Terror by Chris Priestley, with wonderfully creepy illustrations by David Roberts. I’ve always been a fan of scary stories ever since I was little and I used to write a lot of scary, sinister short stories in grade school. My eighth grade teacher attended my I’M BORED . . .


Productivity Tip: Learn how to say no

Those of you who have no trouble saying no can just skip the rest of this post. Some of you, however, may be like me. I like making people happy and don’t like disappointing them. I also dislike conflict. I like helping people. So when people ask me for things, . . .