I love bullet journaling. (I have a few posts about it.) I also love reading books. (Lots of posts on that, too.) And yet, I have never tracked my reading in my bullet journal. Not for lack of inspiration: there are a ton of gorgeous examples out there. People with whole notebooks dedicated just to …
It’s been 31 days since George Floyd was murdered. Thirty-one days of reaffirming that Black Lives Matter. Thirty-one days that our country has taken the fight for racial justice to the streets. Thirty-one days of hard conversations and personal reckonings. For me personally, a lot of that time has been spent reading and listening to …
This is my Action Plan to Fight Racial Injustice Read More »
It’s that time of year again: where I try to convince you to buy books for every child you know this holiday season. This is my fourth year putting together this list (!!!). It’s always a lot of fun to look back at what I read over the year – like revisiting old friends. I …
There are a lot of reasons to go to writers conferences. The obvious one is that you learn a ton and it always reinvigorates me. After the day is over I’m itching to get back to writing. As someone who struggles with building out character motivations, I loved this “Dungeons and Dragons” themed talk on …
This Wednesday, I’m doing a free webinar with Kidlit Nation. I’ll be sharing my experience of working with a small publishing house. If you’re a writer trying to break into the kidlit market, small publishers are a great place to start. I’m also currently writing my third set of work for hire picture books – …
At the end of 2017, I made a pledge. I challenged myself to review good books every month in 2018, particularly books that haven’t gotten as much love as I feel they deserve. I call it Kidlit Karma because I’m aiming to spread the love for books that I love. This summer I’ve welcomed several writing …
3 Children’s Books With Disabled Main Characters: Kidlit Karma August 2018 Read More »
One of our family’s favorite books is Catherine’s Pascha. So I was pretty excited that the author, Charlotte Riggle, wanted to review Goodnight Jesus. “If your little ones are the right age for board books, they need Goodnight Jesus, Angie Isaac’s new story about a little one kissing everyone good night.” I was doubly excited that she wanted to …
