May 20, 2018 | writing craft and process
This post is reprinted from “The Mitten,” the blog of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Michigan Chapter – based on a discussion with author Kristin Lenz Emma D. Dryden recently celebrated the 8 year anniversary...
Mar 11, 2018 | personal growth
logo by +grace lin My first job in publishing, as an Editorial Assistant, was with Random House Children’s Books and a starting salary of $14,000. I became an Associate Editor with Margaret K. McElderry Books (an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing)...
Feb 22, 2018 | personal growth
I am listening. I am learning. I am collaborating. I am fighting. I am convincing. I am yielding. I am angry. I am heartbroken. I am celebrating. I am mourning. I am proud. I am confiding. I am comforting. I am instigating. I am soothing. I am challenging fears. I am...
Dec 19, 2017 | personal growth
We feel cold but we don’t mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn’t feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our...