One of my favorite notes to offer writers? Trust your instincts! Remember why you're writing this in the first place. It's so easy to lose sight of that during the revision process. Especially if you end up getting conflicting feedback. #revising #editing #writing #kidlit
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What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but itβs also an opportunity to reΓ«xamine the purpose of higher education.
Haven't quite stopped thinking about this @newyorker.com article by Hua Hsu since I read it. It really brought the "students can't read entire books anymore, and they don't write" point home for me. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Just saw this posted on FB and had to share.
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School Librarians Celebrated at Sundance Film Festival Screening of Documentary,
There were tears and standing ovations as librarians, including Martha Hickson and Amanda Jones, watched their stories of fighting against censorship chronicled in the new film.
After years of battling censorship and enduring personal attacks, school librarians traveled to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, in January to screen The Librarians, a documentary that chronicled their fight.
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2025 New Year holiday card showing bright pink flowers in a garden.
Glad to be rejoining the conversation and sharing a revamped, spiffed up version of my web site at editedbycatherine.com! I'm excited for new projects in the New Year.
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Independent Book Editor (MG, YA, adult) at Rebecca Weston Literary, LLC. Helping make good books great. Former Random House editor of award-winning novels.
www.rebeccawestonliterary.com
Author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series. Blogging holdout. Reach out to me for help with your book!
www.nathanbransford.com
NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. π³οΈβπ My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
children's book illustrator, sometime author. Obsessive doodler. Website https://www.paulozelinsky.com
Reader, Children's Librarian, Curator Children's Literature, Book Reviewer, dog person, neighbor.
#Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.
School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
Teacher, writer, dog lover, political activist. Biographies of Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey. π¦
Since 1990, we've helped thousands of writers learn the path to success as an author of books for children and teens. More info: https://writeforkids.online
Yes! My mother named me this!
Author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow Trilogy. Writer of She-Hulk and Runaways. My next book is called Cherry Baby, and it comes out in April π
I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
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ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligenceβand How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, and DOGTOWN. POCKET BEAR out 9/9!
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Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul.
Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more
Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793.
Rebellion 1776 comes out April 1, 2025.
I used to design bridges but now I write books. My novels include TWINS, THE PARKER INHERITANCE, THE GREAT GREENE HEIST & PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT. VCFA/OU. He/Him. http://linktr.ee/varianjohnson
National Book Award winner, NYT Bestseller. The Penderwicks series. Gardener, dog worshipper. Western Mass. jeannebirdsall.com