In a departure from my recent run on picture book reviews, today I'm recommending, Ships, Secrets, and Survivors, a YA fantasy debut novel by co-authors Sarah Rodecker and Helena George. REVIEWIf you or a teen reader you know, enjoy stories that include a princess who would rather be a sailor; evil pirates who are related to the… Continue reading SHIPS, SECRETS, and SURVIVORS: A Book Review and Autographed Giveaway
Congratulations to Jolene Guiterez (second week in a row!) who won a copy of The Teacher's March! For those of you who didn't win, here's a second chance! Jolene is adding to her school library, book by book. *****As promised on Wednesday, here is my bonus post taking you behind the scenes with Sandra Wallace and… Continue reading Author Interview with Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace + Giveaway
Congratulations to Jana Leah for winning Lights Out on last week's blog. Thanks for all the entries! **** Today I have a special treat for you. Cat Michaels, a fellow SCBWI-Carolina member, asked if I would help her and her co-author, Rosie Russell with the launch of their new middle-grade book, Just Between Sam and Me.… Continue reading Getting Started With Co-Authoring: A Conversation with Cat Michaels and Rosie Russell
Congratulations to Sandra Warren who won the 15 minute Zoom Author Interview with Marsha Diane Arnold from last week's blog. She donated it to West Marion Elementary School in Marion, NC. ********* Many of you have heard me extol the virtues of ONE STOP FOR WRITERS a rich, on-line writing tool. I've also frequently mentioned the creators… Continue reading Behind the Scenes with The Thesauri Queens: An Interview with Angela Ackerman and Rebecca Puglisi
I last blogged about my training to be a SmartARTS teaching artist last summer when I attended their training institute. Here's a column I wrote for The Greenville Journal about my first assignment. ********* Five minutes after I started talking to Gayla Day, the Administrator of the SmartARTS program at the Metropolitan Arts Council, I knew I’d… Continue reading SmartARTS: Art Integration at Work
Congratulations to Sandra Warren who won "JUST FLY AWAY" from last week's giveaway. ******** Some of you have seen my previous blogs about how I'm getting involved in the arts community in my new hometown, Greenville, SC. Today you'll get a glimpse into an amazing arts integration program sponsored by the Metropolitan Arts Council. When I… Continue reading SmartARTS: Art Integration in Greenville, SC
Many of you know that ever since the Lord brought Joyce Hostetter and I together four years ago at Mid-South Reading and Writing Institute, we've collaborated together in several different ways. We've co-taught at NWRESA and NCAIS; we've co-presented "Is there a Children's Book in You?" three times at NCCAT and are about to teach there once again as well… Continue reading Meet my First Guest Blogger: Joyce Hostetter
That was one of the last things I said to fellow NC author, Joyce Hostetter, on Wednesday afternoon after a day of planning our upcoming workshop at NCCAT. Joyce got into the theme of an archeological dig as she brainstormed off my reproducible "Mining Your Lives" from Teaching the Story. Thinking about how adult authors… Continue reading “I’ll show you my artifacts if you show me yours!”