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Tuesday 12 x 12: Stacy Jensen

Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Rhyming, SCBWI, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2012 | 75 Comments »

Today is the kick-off for the weekly Tuesday 12 x 12 series, which, each week will feature a pre-published 12 x 12 participating author and/or illustrator.  I hope this series will enable you to get to know these hard-working, talented people a bit better, and that you will discover some fabulous blogs to follow along [...]

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Holiday Contest

Posted in Authors, Creativity, Holidays, Poetry, Rhyming, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 20, 2011 | 54 Comments »

Here is my contribution to author Susanna Hill’s Holiday Contest.  The rules were simple.  Write our own version of Clement C. Moore’s classic, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.  Go here to read all the other entries.  They are great!  Thanks to Susanna for hosting another fun challenge!   ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all [...]

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Perfect Picture Book Friday: The Pout-Pout Fish

Posted in Authors, Perfect Picture Book Friday, Picture Books, Rhyming, tagged , , , , , , on December 16, 2011 | 20 Comments »

Since Debbie Diesen was kind enough to have me as a guest blogger this week, I figured I’d share the book of hers that my kids so adore, The Pout-Pout Fish. The Pout-Pout Fish Written by Debbie Diesen, Illustrated by Dan Hana Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, March, 2008 Suitable for:  Ages 2-8 Themes/Topics:  Ocean, Fish, [...]

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The Story Behind The Story: My MeeGenius Entry

Posted in Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Queries, Rhyming, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2011 | 43 Comments »

Many of you know by now that I recently submitted one of my stories to a contest with MeeGenius – an e-publisher.  For the past week, I’ve been emailing contacts and posting it on Twitter and Facebook – getting my first real taste of promoting a book.  Hands off to published authors – it’s very [...]

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How I Got My Agent: Jean Reidy

Posted in Agents, Authors, Children's Books, How I Got My Agent, Picture Books, Publishing, Rhyming, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on October 14, 2011 | 29 Comments »

Today, please welcome Jean Reidy, another terrific Colorado author, to the How I Got My Agent series.  This is an especially exciting week for Jean because her book, LIGHT UP THE NIGHT released on Tuesday.  I’m honored to be part of her blog tour celebrating the book.  I met Jean at last year’s Rocky Mountain [...]

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Winners and other news

Posted in Agents, Authors, Children's Books, Giveaway, How I Got My Agent, Picture Books, Rhyming, SCBWI, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Thanks again to Linda Ashman and Jennifer Mattson for last week’s giveaway and How I Got My Agent interview.  Please mark your calendars for this Friday, October 14th when another Colorado author, Jean Reidy, will be here both as part of the How I Got My Agent series and her blog tour for the release [...]

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How I Got My Agent: Linda Ashman with Agent Jennifer Mattson

Posted in Agents, Authors, Children's Books, Giveaway, How I Got My Agent, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Queries, Rhyming, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 4, 2011 | 22 Comments »

I am so excited to present my first-ever author/agent duo for the How I Got My Agent Series.  Thanks to Jennifer Mattson for agreeing to go under the microscope participate alongside Linda. I decided on a She Said/She Said format, with their pictures as the indicator for their responses.  Of course I couldn’t resist sprinkling [...]

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Linda Ashman on a Roll

Posted in Authors, Children's Books, Giveaway, How I Got My Agent, Picture Books, Publishing, Rhyming, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on October 3, 2011 | 15 Comments »

Linda Ashman is a favorite in our house.  My kids ask for her books by author rather than title.  She is one of the first picture book authors I got to know well here in Colorado, and how lucky I am for that!  Besides being a friend, she is also an award-winning author of more [...]

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Adam Rex Rocks the House

Posted in Authors, Children's Books, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Rhyming, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2011 | 12 Comments »

Author/illustrator extraordinaire Adam Rex was the keynote speaker at last weekend’s Rocky Mountain SCBWI conference in Denver, and I would be willing to bet folks in Boulder could hear us laughing.  In fact, I hardly took any notes both because I was laughing so hard and because I didn’t want to miss anything he said [...]

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Random Acts of Publicity: CO Picture Book Writers

Posted in Authors, Autumn, Children's Books, Dogs, Giveaway, Picture Books, Poetry, Rhyming, SCBWI, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 7, 2011 | 13 Comments »

This is the third annual Random Acts of Publicity week, founded by Darcy Pattison as a way to promote favorite books or favorite authors.  I’m focusing on three Colorado picture book writers, all of whom have reached out a hand to help me in my own budding career (and their books are great!).  In fact, [...]

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