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Once again I had the honor of being invited to participate as a reviewer for the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott series. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. Weirdly enough, all three years…
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I was extremely honored to be invited to participate again in this year’s Calling Caldecott. Hosted by The Horn Book’s website, Calling Caldecott is a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the, “Caldecott-worthy qualities” of certain books. This yeas, I wrote about HIKE, a gorgeous, wordless picturebook written and…
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It was absolutely delightful to have this conversation with TU Books publisher Stacy Whitman and my editor Elise McMullen-Ciotti on Julieta and the Diamond Enigma‘s release day, June 30th, 2020. We discuss the process of creating the extensive back matter, some pleasant and some not-so-pleasant surprises during my writing process, and more!
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A few months ago I was invited to participate in this year’s Calling Caldecott. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. I was lucky enough to be invited and given the wonderful task…
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I have somewhat of a love/hate relationship with Truby’s 22 Steps. At a glance, they might seem oversimplified. However, I’ve found that if I’m stuck in the developmental stages of a story, I can go back, work through each of the steps, and unknot my story’s mess. Self-revelation, need, and desire Self-revelation: The character’s realization of what they need to…