Julie Berry’s Most Challenging Novel: A Book Review by Ginger Johnson
Sometimes it takes our dearest friends to tell us who we really are, and what we’ve actually made. Author and artist Ginger Johnson (The Splintered Light, The Other Side of […]
Since I’ve Been Gone
It’s been five years since I’ve written a blog post. Whoops. I’ve just updated my website to a new format that allowed me to ingest my prior blog posts from […]
Page Breaks, Art Notes, and Pictures to Order: How NOT to Format a Picture Book Manuscript
I’ve been asked many times how to format a children’s picture book manuscript for submission, so I thought I’d create a blog post with my advice, such as it is. […]
Love By Any Other Format: Paperback Release of Lovely War
Lovely War releases in paperback today! The brilliant folks at Viking Children’s Books / Penguin Random House have done an outstanding job once again of creating a truly gorgeous package […]
Long Ago, On a Silent Night — My First Picture Book
Today, my first picture book releases into the world: Long Ago, On a Silent Night, with illustration by the incredibly talented Annie Won. It’s published in hardcover (ISBN 978-1338277722) from […]
Work, Relax, Believe: A Confessional Keynote Address
Today’s post is a keynote address I gave two years ago at a writing conference in Arizona. (ANWA, Gilbert AZ, 9/15/17.) It’s long, but I post it here in hopes […]
Gods, Mortals, and Immortal Passion: Presenting “Lovely War”
My newest novel, Lovely War, is finally here. I’m so excited to share it with the world. Hades, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, & Apollo. All illustrations by Laura Molnar. Lovely War […]
Holiday Gift-Booking Redux
I went a little hog-wild with book shopping this Christmas season, but supporting indie bookstores, authors, and literacy feels like a triple win to me. Here are the books I […]
Of Seurat, Salads, and Segmented Worms: Let’s Talk Fretting & Plotting
Today’s post comes from an email I received from a writer friend. I’m sharing with her permission. I’ve been working on a new novel, and I find that I’m continually […]
The Human Cost of the Great War
One hundred years ago today, the guns fell silent, after four and a half years of brutal, mechanized, devastating combat. Historians will disagree somewhat on the numbers, but the Great […]