Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
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Street magic performer. Hog-calling champion. Award-winning ice sculptor. These are all things Tara Lazar has never been. Instead, she writes quirky, humorous picture books featuring magical places that everyone will want to visit.
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1w ago
by Jen Fier Jasinski After only three months and six drafts writing SIDEWALK CHALK, I received a critique from a big-name agent that said: “I’m sorry to say that I am drawing a complete blank on how this might be improved.” I gasped. I danced. I queried that sucker. I got rejected for another three ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
3w ago
So as typically happens this time of year, I’ve been sick. So I’m just going to chalk February up to a loss and get to your Storystorm prizes in March. I am still recruiting agents for your Storystorm Grand Prizes, where you’ll receive feedback on your 5 best story ideas, to help you determine which ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Heidi EY Stemple My new book begins, The night before play rehearsals began, Janie couldn’t sleep. It is now just days before my new book comes out, and like Janie, I can’t sleep. Not because I am nervous. Like Janie before the play, I can’t sleep because I am excited! I know. I know ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Jena Benton Now that you’re done with Storystorm and have fistfuls of ideas, I bet you’re wondering what to do with all of them. I like to sift through those jewels once a month until something sparkles at me. That is usually the story that becomes my rough first draft of the month (I ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
If you’ve been participating in Storystorm all month, you’ve been generating riots, riches and reams of ideas! Luckily you don’t need reams of ideas to “win” the Storystorm challenge. You just need 30 of them! When you have 30 ideas, you can qualify to win one of the AMAZING Storystorm Grand Prizes—feedback on your best ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
I have questions. Musical notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet—A thru G—but when we learn to play the piano, we begin at Middle C. Why? Why not Middle A? Odd questions like this may keep you up at night, and, they demonstrate an unyielding curiosity. This is an excellent quality ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Anna Raff “Wooo-hooo!” That’s a direct quote from yours truly, the moment I read an email from my art director, offering me the opportunity to illustrate a new picture book by the fantabulous Tara Lazar—our Storystorm Grand Poobah. One glance at the title ”PARTY ANIMALS” and I knew I was going to love it ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Shari Becker For so many of us, January represents an opportunity to reset. We make all kinds of promises to ourselves: I’m going to get more sleep. I’m going to eat more vegetables. I’m going to read more books. I’m going to finish that manuscript that’s been sitting on my desk for two years ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Emily Peace Harrison In the realm of children’s literature, rhyming picture books hold a special place in my heart. It is just something about the lyrical flow of rhymes that stimulates creativity and imagination. My mom loved Dr. Seuss, and she must have read every one of those books to me a hundred times ..read more
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
1M ago
by Amanda Davis “It was only when my time and energy to create were severely limited that I realised how central they were to me as a person.” ~ Lucy H. Pearce, author of Creatrix: She Who Makes Hello Storystormers! I’m so excited to be back on Tara’s blog and grateful to share my latest ..read more