This month's 5 Questions is with Autumn Lindsey, the founder of Writer Moms Inc., an excellent resource for any mom who is also a writer, no matter what genre you write or what stage you are at in your writing. There is a website, Facebook group, Twitter account, a weekly Twitter chat (#WM_chat) and now … Continue reading 5 Questions…with Autumn Lindsey

Last year I stumbled on author Jodi Kendall's blog post How I Got My Agent (and a 2-Book Deal!) . It gave me the hope I so desperately needed as a writer because Jodi explained that, in seven years, she had queried agents with six different manuscripts, receiving over one hundred rejection letters. And then what happened? HarperCollins … Continue reading 5 Questions…with Jodi Kendall

I’m nearing one year since I decided to become a kidlit writer so I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back and reflect on five things I’ve learned during this past year. Twitter is the place to be if you’re a writer. If you’ve read my early blog posts, you know that … Continue reading A Year In Review…

I just completed my first Storystorm and I absolutely loved it. (If you aren’t familiar with Storystorm, check out Tara Lazar’s site for full details: http://www.taralazar.com/storystorm) Going into it, I knew it sounded like a lot of fun but I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. There were a few days … Continue reading Storystorm – Recap

I’ve previously mentioned how much I love the writing community because of how everyone supports each other, but another reason to love the writing community is because of the fun things we get to do together. I’m participating in my first Storystorm and even though I’m only a few days in, I can already see … Continue reading Storystorm

The old saying says that it takes a village to raise a child but I’ve recently found that to also be true about children’s writers, and I suppose writers in general. If you read my previous blog post (Elizabeth Gilbert Was Right) you’ll know that I recently jumped back into the world of creative writing … Continue reading It Takes A Village

In high school I won an award for an essay I wrote about my life. In my twenties I wrote a newspaper column, a book of essays and a screenplay. I loved the excitement of a new idea, a new sentence, a revised sentence and a completed project. I was writing a lot and was … Continue reading Elizabeth Gilbert Was Right