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Blog Interview!

  • Aug. 15th, 2008 at 2:57 PM

I was pleased to answer interview questions for Shari Lyle-Soffe's Out of My Mind blog.  In case you want to find out more than you've ever wanted to know about me, check it out! 

http://www.sharilyle-soffe.com/ 

In case you already know me personally, don't check it out.  You already know more about me than is advisable. 

Intensive Picture Book Workshop

  • Jul. 21st, 2008 at 7:48 AM

Last Saturday, Lisa Wheeler gave an all day intensive picture book workshop for WI SCBWI writers, and it was fantastic!  So much information,  well arranged, and delivered with Lisa's bright warmth and humor.  It was a giant learning step in the process of writing a successful picture book story.  If your SCBWI region is looking for an excellent and inspirational workshop, you must consider this one!

Here are some photos!  Just click on a photo if you'd like to see it enlarged.


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Thanks, Lisa Wheeler, for an amazing day!

Wisdom

  • Nov. 8th, 2007 at 7:04 AM



Sometimes a bit of wisdom comes my way and  I immediately recognize it as an inspired truth and hold onto it forever.

A few years ago I heard Phyllis Root speak at a conference.  She said, "A picture book is performance art." 

How true!  A picture book needs to be read out loud, and in writing a picture book, the writer needs to read that manuscript out loud, to not only see how the words look on the page, but how they sound in the air.