I love writing for children. I love teaching kids about writing. But I especially love talking about writing with other authors who write in the kids/YA space. One such author is international bestseller Amie Kaufman, who has hit the New York Times bestselling lists...
Last Friday night, at the end of a week that seemed to have lasted about 87 days, I wrote a post on Linked In that started out as notification of the fact that Your Kid's Next Read podcast had passed the 100-episode milestone... and then, as I wrote, morphed into...
When award-winning author Angela Slatter pops in, you know you're in for some straight-talking about writing. And so it was during the recent Industry Insider event in my Write With Allison Tait (WWAT) community, when we discussed everything from her writing process,...
Talk to kids about history and you can often watch their eyes glaze over in real time as they consider facts, figures and dates. But mention historical fiction? Then you get a very different response. You only need to scroll through the Your Kid's Next Read Facebook...
Choosing a classroom read-aloud novel is one of the most common dilemmas in the Your Kid's Next Read Facebook community. Finding the right book to hold the attention of 30 or more kids with different interests and abilities can be a challenge. And then there's the...
One thing I love about Your Kid's Next Read is the generous author contingent within the community. Today, I'm excited to welcome a member of that community, Razeena Omar Gutta, to share a wonderful booklist. Razeena and I 'met' when she sent me a copy of Hana's...
Every month, I connect with my Write With Allison Tait group via Zoom and we talk about the ins and outs of writing. It's an opportunity to catch up with everyone about how their projects are progressing, for me to answer any questions that might come up and for us to...
At the beginning of each year, we ask the Your Kid's Next Read community to nominate the books their young readers raved about over the preceding twelve months. And here we are with the 2022 version. One last round of applause for the books our young readers loved...
It's the earliest days of a brand-spanking new year and anything is possible! If your goal is write more this year – perhaps to finish the first draft of your first novel, perhaps to add to a growing body of work, I've rounded up some more of my 'elsewhere'...
