REVIEW Tallulah the Mermaid and the Great Lakes Pledge (Sleeping Bear Press, 2025) is a sweet story about Tallulah, a mermaid who takes a pledge to serve the Great Lakes. Throughout the story, Tallulah faces challenges but faces them with bravery and even joy at the responsibility of preserving the lakes. One of the best parts is… Continue reading Tallulah the Mermaid: A Great Lakes Adventure
I don't want to overload anyone's inbox, so I rarely blog twice a week. But every once in awhile I want to pass along information in a timely fashion and this post is an exception to my once-a-week blog rule. Donna Earnhardt is no stranger to the Carolina's SCBWI region and to this blog. I… Continue reading BEING FRANK: Five Free Skype Visits with Author Donna Earnhardt
Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamarous Life of a Harvey Girl (Calkins Creek, 2015) by Carolyn Meyer chronicles six months in 17-year-old Kitty Evans' life. The time is 1926; a time when young women were expected to marry and have children with few aspirations beyond that. Kitty, on the other hand, plans to go to college to… Continue reading Diary of a Waitress: A Review and ARC Giveaway
Congratulations to Linda Phillips for winning a copy of Grace Ocasio's book, The Speed of Our Lives. In August I reviewed Maggie Dana's book, Turning On a Dime. When I asked her if she would share about her love for all things equine, she sent me this post which first appeared on Tudor Robins' blog. I… Continue reading Movies, Horses, Runaway Piglets–and a Giveaway!
As promised, this week's blog is brought to you by Deanna Klingel. When I read Deanna's Facebook post about how a query letter resulted in a contract for three picture books that "had been in her drawer for 25 years," I asked her to be a guest blogger. Without further ado, here are Deanna's thoughts about… Continue reading Putting Your Best Query Forward–and a Giveaway!
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In today's blog, Niki Schoenfeldt shares the backstory about her new book, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! At the end are directions how you can win your own autographed copy of this adorable book for your children or grandchildren. It would make a great baby, birthday, or holiday present! Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA… Continue reading Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! Giveaway #3
In my last blog I mentioned that I have two more giveaways in store for my readers. Since then I have added one more so you have several opportunities to win wonderful books! Joyce Hostetter won Being Frank but today you have the chance to win Gretchen Griffith's new book, Lessons Learned. Gretchen Griffith's book… Continue reading Lessons Learned: Giveaway #2
The winner of Augusta Scattergood's debut novel is.... Clara Gillow Clark! Thanks to all of you for participating. My blog stats for this week broke a record with all of your entries and "view pages!" My own copy of Glory Be is in the mail and after I review it, I plan to give it… Continue reading And the winner is…