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Today’s #BookADay: NEVER LET YOU GO by Patricia Storms (Scholastic Canada). You can read my interview with Patricia Storms about her process and personal growth during the creation of her book. Her advice to aspiring children’s book writers/illustrators: “Try not to be too obsessed with what is selling in ‘the market.’” and “It’s . . .
Today’s #BookADay: Just finished listening to the audiobook version of BEHEMOTH (2nd in his Leviathan series) by Scott Westerfeld, wonderfully read by Alan Cumming. I’ve discovered that I can listen to audiobooks when I’m at certain stages of book illustrations, and Behemoth is my most recent audio listen. Here’s a fun video interview of Alan . . .
More info: Donalyn Miller’s Summer Book-A-Day Challenge | Archives of my #BookADay posts.
I’ve been reading each of my #BookADay picture books out loud in my office. I’ve read some before, and some I haven’t. Reading them out loud emphasizes even more how IMPORTANT it is for aspiring picture writers to read their stories out loud. If you find yourself stumbling over awkward . . .
More info: Donalyn Miller’s Summer Book-A-Day Challenge | Archives of my #BookADay posts.
Today’s #BookADay: A Good Trade, written by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Karen Patkau, published by Pajama Press in 2012. More info: Donalyn Miller’s Summer Book-A-Day Challenge | Archives of my #BookADay posts.
I’ve decided to participate in Donalyn Miller’s 6th Annual Book-A-Day Summer Challenge. You can read more about the Book-A-Day challenge and guidelines on the Nerdy Book Club blog. I wouldn’t be able to attempt to do this were it not for the fact that picture books count; there’s no way I’d have the . . .
I’ve uploaded a new Will Write For Chocolate strip on Writer Unboxed. Click the image below to see the comic: Because of my book project schedule for the next couple of years, I’m not posting as often on Writer Unboxed. Thanks to Therese Walsh and Kathleen Bolton for letting me do a . . .