Perfect Picture Book Friday: THE OLD MAN AND THE PENGUIN Plus Double Giveaway

Posted on October 2, 2020 by viviankirkfield

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends. I’m so encouraged by the fact that beautiful books continue to appear on the shelves. Yes, I know that the publishing industry has been hard hit by Covid, as have so many other fields. With almost everyone working from home, everything seems to be taking longer. But hurray for authors who keep writing wonderful stories and illustrators who keep drawing glorious images and editors who keep acquiring exciting manuscripts and publishing who keep publishing great books…like this one by one of my dear critique buddies, Julie Abery. And guess what? Julie is offering a double giveaway…one winner overseas…and one winner in the USA. And Julie will be stopping by tomorrow to chat with us about her writing journey.

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SUE LOWELL GALLION: Will Write for Cookies PLUS Giveaway

Posted on July 18, 2020 by viviankirkfield

WILL WRITE FOR COOKIES

Plate of Cookies

INSIGHT – INFORMATION – INSPIRATION

FOR WRITERS

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TODAY’S GUEST

SUE LOWELL GALLION

I hadn’t taken a picture book writing class since 2014, but last year I noticed that Marcie Colleen was going to be teaching an online Writing Barn course entitled: The Heart and Humor of Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Little did I know that Continue reading →

Sunday Post: Window…Play It Safe This Summer

Posted on May 20, 2013 by viviankirkfield

Jake, at Time after Time, has a Sunday Post Challenge. The theme this week is WINDOW.

STAY-TUNED FOR THE WINNER OF THE CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK GIVEAWAY!

Do your kids like to look out the window? When my children were small, they loved watching birds fly from branch to branch and cars zoom down the road. A rainy day offered an under-the-sea look at the world while wintery frost created beautiful patterns on the window pane.

But windows can be dangerous! Summer is around the corner and the temperature will be rising.

Before you open those windows, please check these window safety tips. Did you know that over 4000 children are injured and wind up in the emergency room every year and about a dozen die from window falls?

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