Six Second Stories #7: Wooden

It wasn’t until I was denied the roll of corpse #2 (the casting director called my performance “wooden”) that I finally lost the acting bug.

Would You Read It Wednesday

A pitch for a text I'm working on is being featured on Susanna Leonard Hill's "Would You Read It Wednesday" part of her blog.   The address is https://susannahill.com/blog/.   When/if you get a chance, check it out and let me know your thoughts.

KidLit 411

I feel a little foolish in admitting this, but I just discovered an amazing site for writers of children's literature. http://www.kidlit411.com/ is an amazing resource filled with links to just about anything a writer could want to improve their craft. I've only just started to explore the site and I'm already amazed. If you are…

Why I Write Children’s Literature

One of my favorite authors, Robert Fulghum, was in the habit every New Years of writing a manifesto of sorts. One of these essays ended up getting shared. And shared. And shared again until “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” took on a life of its own. That essay was my…

6th Grade Writing Workshop

I recently finished a 3-session writing workshop with a group of 6th graders in which they brainstormed, wrote and published books centered around gratitude. It was the first class of this sort I’ve taught, and it was a great experience.   Needless to say, their 6th grade minds (the perfect blend of childish and mature)…