Bookish Ambition

"The mere act of being open to ideas all month gets your brain working and open and receptive. Even if you don't intend to write, I...

How are you promoting an interest in diverse cultures with your children? #ReadYourWorld Read with a child this weekend and open thei...

And now on to today's  Perfect Picture Book Friday  pick The Shark God, by Rafe Martin and David Shannon The Shark God Writ...

And now on to today's  Perfect Picture Book Friday  pick A Year in the City, by Kathy Henderson and Paul Howard A Year in the Ci...

"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; ...

"But the larger discussion of “voice” isn’t about differentiating characters from one another. It’s about differentiating you–the write...

"There's an old rule that you should write what you know, but I've never believed in it,...I think you should write what moves ...