I have an updated website and blog. Hope you like it. Still working the kinks out. Let me know. Great news! I am one of the authors and illustrators selected to be part of National Picture Book Month in November to help celebrate why picture books are important. You can visit the website for more information and to see all those wonderful artists and authors who were selected as well. Stay tuned for November!

Pumpkin Land!

Here’s a really good post on Ingrid’s Notes blog on, “9 reasons your reader is bored.” Some of the headings of why your reader might be bored with your story include: 1) Leisurely Descriptive Passages  2) Leisurely Passages of Back Story and Flashback 3) Scenes Where the Plot is Not Moving Forward and six more. Make sure you read this post and keep your reader interested.

Here’s a writing contest you might be interested in. Sponsored by the Institute of Children’s Literature, the Kindergarten Story Writing Contest has a grand prize of $500, only 150 word count, and the deadline is November 7, 2014. There is a $15reading fee. Go for it!

“Seasonal queries to a magazine should be submitted at least six months ahead of schedule to allow for editorial lead time.” – Writer’s Digest Weekly Planner