Our Stories, Ourselves

The title of my blog is “Our Stories, Ourselves.” I believe that who we are and how we live our lives informs the stories we create and the stories we tell. I believe that leading and living a creative life is at the heart of how we’re able to create...

Kite Tales

“Following the Path to Revision and Reinvention” by Emma D Dryden. “Editor’s Perspective” article in Kite Tales, the SCBWI-LA chapter. Fall 2012.

The Voice of our Art

An author recently expressed regret and concern to me that she’d stopped writing songs. A longtime songwriter, used to working with music producers and other musicians, this author hadn’t written any new songs in quite a while and was wondering whether she...

The Illustrator’s Market

Patti Gay interviews Emma D Dryden about illustration, craft, and the state of children’s publishing on “The Illustrator’s Market,” a blog celebrating the diverse markets and styles that illustrators working with interviews and illustrative...