Congratulations to Barbara Younger who was last week's winner of Emily Pearce's book, Isabel and the Miracle Baby. By the way, for those of you who are in the middle of that interesting/challenging/unavoidable time of your life called menopause, Barbara runs a fun and informative blog on the subject! In this second blog featuring my… Continue reading Guest Instructor #2: Tameka Brown and a Giveaway!
Congratulations to Joan Edwards who won a copy of Tameka's picture book, My Cold Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood! Joan is a prolific blogger and her posts are full of writing advice and giveaways. I'm glad she had the opportunity to win this catchy, colorful book. *********** Speaking of giveaways, this week I was happy to… Continue reading And the winner is…
It is my honor to host Tameka Brown, a local Charlotte, NC picture book author. Her latest book, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood was just released last week. Here she talks about the inspiration for the book and the impact she hopes it will have on readers. At the end you'll see how you… Continue reading Guest Blog with Tameka Brown and a Giveaway!
For years my children and I enjoyed attending Novello, the book festival that the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library held in downtown Charlotte. After they were too old to attend, I often worked the SCBWI booth which provided "word play" activities for children and information about writing for their parents. When my children were young Novello had been a one-day event; gradually it… Continue reading Keeping Novello Alive