Oh so many years ago… I dreamed of writing picture books. I took many many classes at UCLA extension with wonderful writers: Ann Whitford Paul, Kristine O’Connell George, Sonia Levitin, Caroline Arnold, Madeline Comora, Alexis O’Neill, and Barbara Abercrombie. I signed up for more classes – online, this time – with Anastasia Suen, Barbara Seuling, [...]
A few days ago, I wrote about Bunny Days, Tao Nyeu’s beautiful new picture book. Today, Jules of 7-Imp has posted a terrific interview with Tao Nyeu, complete with loads of illustrations, sketches, and a peek at what’s up next for Tao! Enjoy!
I have a new favorite picture book – BUNNY DAYS by Tao Nyeu. Here’s why. Exquisite Illustrations. Gorgeous design. Frameable dust jacket (!). Surprising Text. I’m not an artist and while I *wish* I had the language/vocabulary to talk about BUNNY DAYS in a way that does it justice, I don’t. BUT, what I do have [...]
Breezing through Facebook tonight, I happened upon a link a friend posted to Upstart Crow Literary . Agent Michael Stearns has written an excellent piece on Agenting Picture Books v. Agenting Novels. It’s one of the most insightful posts I’ve seen on the subject of picture books – both the art of writing them and [...]
So reads the tagline on author/illustrator Meghan McCarthy’s website and I couldn’t agree more. Though I’d skimmed through Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007) in the book store soon after it was published, only recently did I pick up a copy to share with my third grade class. Here’s what [...]
NaPiBoWriWee has come and gone, and while I have to admit that I have not even one completed picture book to show for my efforts, I do have a few new ideas in the works. In the meantime, I’ve been working on a revision of another story, and I think it might finally finally (!) [...]
Paula Yoo put out the challenge to write 7 picture books in 7 days and I decided to give it a try. Oh, I how I wish I hadn’t, because the fact that I’ve got the beginnings of 10 new picture books isn’t much consolation when only one of them is actually far enough along [...]
I have absolutely positively over-estimated the amount of time I’ll have this week to write new picture books, but I’m going to give it a try anyway! I just put my name in as one of some 75 (so far!) people who are pledging to write 7 new picture book drafts in 7 days. Check [...]
In spite of the huge number of picture books filling my home and school book shelves, there are some books that I pick up while browsing in the bookstore that I know I simply must buy. That Book Woman by Heather Henson, pictures by David Small, is one such book. This lyrical and deeply moving [...]
I’ve added a new page: PICTURE BOOKS: ART AND CRAFT. Click here or on the GREEN tab in the banner above and take a look!
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a Master's degree in Language and Literacy and, later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
My first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, is forthcoming from Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster).
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Aug | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||