Cover Reveal: FOREVER HOME

Posted on February 23, 2021 by viviankirkfield

Today’s Cover Reveal is especially special. With #50PreciousWords just around the corner (ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS TILL THE CONTEST OPENS), I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share the cover of a book that had its beginning as an Honorable Mention in the 2018 #50PreciousWords Contest. And when author and friend Cathy Stenquist reached out to offer a lovely prize for this year’s contest, I just had to ask her if we could do her cover reveal right here on the blog where it all started. Well, it actually started in Cathy’s big heart. What makes the book even more amazing is that Cathy’s daughter, multi-published illustrator Erica Leigh, did the pictures. And just look at this cover!!!!

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TOOTIE NIENOW: Will Write for Cookies Plus Giveaway

Posted on February 20, 2021 by viviankirkfield

WILL WRITE FOR COOKIES

INSIGHT – INFORMATION – INSPIRATION

FOR WRITERS

TODAY’S GUEST

TOOTIE NIENOW

I met today’s Will Write for Cookies guest a couple of years ago…Tootie and I connected in some of the online kid-lit groups…and I had a chance to take a look at a wonderful manuscript she was working on – about a courageous girl who thought differently and decided that skateboarding was what she wanted to do, no matter what anyone said. You can imagine how thrilled I am to see that story roll into bookstores in just a few days!

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Perfect Picture Book Friday: THERE GOES PATTI MCGEE Plus Giveaway

Posted on February 19, 2021 by viviankirkfield

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! One of my favorite books to review is a book written by a friend…and I also love it when a manuscript I saw early on becomes a real book. So, when those two elements align, I’m totally dancing with joy. And that’s what is happening this weekend! I’m so happy for debut picture book author Tootie Nienow – and I’m tickled pink to share her fabulous book with you today…and to sit down and chat with her tomorrow when she joins us for Will Write for Cookies. Please don’t forget to leave a comment at the end of the blogpost and share this on your social media for tickets in the giveaway of a copy of THERE GOES PATTI MCGEE!