Plotter? Pantser? Up all night? How does a picture book manuscript come to be? CK Malone on their writing...
CK Malone: Author’s Voice
Finding your voice as a writer takes time. CK Malone talks about what makes their writing unique and...
CK Malone: Hook, Heart, Takeaway
As a bigender, neurodiverse, kidlit author, CK Malone breaks barriers in presenting a character who longs for a...
CK Malone: Critique Partners
Kidlit authors would be nowhere without their critique partners - the peeps that read their umpteenth @!#$ draft and...
CK Malone: What Excites? What Terrifies?
They should feel excited. Afterall, they are a debut picture book author. But CK Malone is also...
CK Malone: On writing & #ownvoices
It's not everyday that I get to boost a fellow #kidlit writer who also happens to be my friend and CP! Happy...
Poetry to Ponder: Julie Fogliano
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
Poetry to Ponder: Marilyn Singer
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
Poetry to Ponder: Byrd Baylor
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
Poetry to Ponder
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!
TRUE CONFESSIONS: Someday I hope to read my own picture book to my sister's Kindergarten classroom! Until then,...