Image by Margo Lipa from Pixabay Happy August!    It's hard to believe that summer is already waning here in the northern hemisphere an...

The good news first: we had a record-breaking number of entries in response to our giveaway of Ann Whitford Paul's revision edition of...

I’m happy to report: award-winning author, poet, teacher and mentor Ann Whitford Paul has revised and expanded her 2009 go-to hands-on gui...

. Howdy, Campers! And yes, it's National Poetry Month ! But first... midnight tonight is the deadline to enter our book giveaway fo...

. Howdy, Campers ~ and Happy Poetry Friday ! The link to today's PF host is below, as is my poem. TeachingAuthors ' current topic...

At our SCBWI-Wisconsin Fall Conference last weekend, several speakers recommended making a picture book dummy before submitting a ...

Dear Followers of Teaching Authors, Happy Poetry Friday! I need your help. I have been an instructor with UCLA Extension's Writing...

The winner of a free autographed copy of Ann Whitford Paul’s picture book, Word Builder , illustrated by Kurt Cyrus, is Corey Schwartz ! ...

Thumbs Up for Ann Whitford Paul’s right on, write on (!) Writing Picture Books: A Hands-On Guide from Story Creation to Publication (Writer...

Oh, if only Ann Whitford Paul’s hands-on, right-on and thus write-on guide Writing Picture Books had been available when I first began wr...