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Over the last month or so, I've missed my Weight Watchers meetings. I've missed them more ways than one. Physically, been skipping t...

As I mentioned before, I have no clue how to write a picture book. When I attended the local SCBWI conference last Saturday, I was all ears ...

On Saturday, I attended a one-day SCBWI {Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators} conference here in town. About 130 people...

***FYI--I wrote this on Saturday. Today is a better day, but I thought I would still run the post. Life isn't all wine and roses. Though...

I've been angsting over my children's story, so I decided to start pimping my picture book/easy reader, Peter's Messy Room . I...

I think today's blog title explains it all. When do you know you've edited enough to improve your manuscript? Right now, I think I...

When I signed up for the SCBWI conference I also sent in my picture book manuscript. The opportunity to be critiqued by one of the editors ...

This week I plan to devote my blogs to what I learned at the SCBWI conference. First of all, I have to mention that we had the most beautif...

On Saturday, I'm attending my first SCBWI conference. For those not in the know, SCBWI is the acronym of Society of Children's Book...

Speed blogging today. I have to get my Wii Fit hour in before I can work on my edits--alas, personal edits, not professional editor edits o...