by Marcia Strykowski I always used to think ‘Write What You Know’ was the best method for writing a story, but sometimes it’s surprisin...

by Joan Waites Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?   If applying this question to a picture book, which comes first, the words o...

by Joan Waites Back in November of last year, I wrote a blog entry featuring a “story starter” exercise which used a single prop to jump-s...

by Laura Krauss Melmed  Debbie Levy, author of The Year of Goodbyes (Disney-Hyperion 2010) and Maybe I’ll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight an...