Let’s welcome Laura Bower to the show! I met Laura through 12×12 and other’s I knew in her debut group, PBSOAR24. It was so much fun talking with her about planting story seeds and all the joy there is to find in the kidlit world in this week’s episode of Getting to The Heart...
In this episode of Getting to The Heart of Why We Write, I had the pleasure of speaking with Leah Moser whose book, I AM A THUNDERCLOUD illustrated by Marie Hermansson, came out with Running Press Kids on April 2, 2024 (also her birthday!!!).🎈🎂 I had so much fun connecting with Leah and talking...
Please welcome the prolific, award-winning, 12×12 webinar presenting author Marzieh Abbas! I met Marzieh through 12×12 and had so much fun talking with her about the transcendence of words and writing across genres. 🖋️ This episode was so much fun to record and I really enjoyed talking about the process of writing across different...
Please welcome author Lauren Ranalli to Getting to The Heart of Why We Write today! I found Lauren through the kidlit community online and had so much fun talking with her about inspiration, book nerdiness, and all things books and writing. I hope you enjoy the episode! Some Highlights: Lauren first started writing stories...
In today’s episode of Why We Write had so much fun chatting with Cedar about her writing journey and the launch of her recent picture book, Fire Flight illustrated by Chiara Fedele. Some of the highlights covered: Links Mentioned: Book Recommendation📚: While listening back through this episode to edit and publish, Cedar’s enthusiasm and...
Please welcome to the show, Anne Hanovich! On this episode of Getting to The Heart of Why We Write, we cooked up a pre-published author takeover edition. I met Anne through an SCBWI webinar last year and we clicked. From critique partner to interviewee, Anne has been so fun to get to know and...
Today I am so pleased to introduce you to author Steena Hernandez. Steena’s debut picture book, Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers, illustrated by Melissa Castillo is coming out with Beaming Books on October 22, 2024. It was a joy to talk with Steena and I can’t thank her enough for being on the show. Here...
Today, I have a fun interview for you with author Megan Woodward. Her upcoming debut picture book, This Book is Definitely Not Cursed, illustrated by Risa Rodil is available for pre-order now and hitting shelves near you on June 25, 2024. We talked about all sorts of fun things like hugging trees, making fools...
Today I have the pleasure of talking with author LD Green. I met LD through Kids Comics Unite (a super fun community for comic and word nerds/creators, linked below). Immediately I felt like we could have talked for hours about all the things! We talk about all sorts of things in today’s episode from...
I’m so excited because today I’m going to share something with you that I’ve been working on behind the scenes for months… 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 Core Story Archetypes! I’ve been wanting to share with you this course and my new Substack to go along with it for months. Like a loooooot of months. So, I’m happy...
