Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course, Updated in 2022
November 26, 2022Hello, WFCAT fans, The pooch crew has been hard at work on an update of the Crash Course that started it all! Strap on your helmet. Buckle up! Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course has been updated in 2022. ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet Kurtis Scaletta, middle grade novelist
January 29, 2009This week we have the scintillating Kurtis Scaletta. Kurtis was born in Louisiana and grew up in New Mexico, North Dakota, England, Liberia, Brazil, and a few other places. He now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and several ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Q: Italics or underlines in a manuscript?
January 24, 2009Q: A writer asks: When writing a manuscript, does one indicate that words are italicized by underlining the intended words or simply italicizing them? I read online that one should underline any phrase meant to be italicized because that makes it easier for ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet Jenny Moss, middle grade novelist
January 22, 2009This week, we have the ingenious Jenny Moss. Jenny is a former NASA engineer who was secretly writing at night . As a child, she loved words. As a teen, she dreamed of hanging out in ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet C. Lee McKenzie, young adult novelist
January 15, 2009This week we have C. Lee McKenzie. In her other life-the one before she began writing fiction for teens and middle grade readers-C. Lee was a teacher and administrator at California State University, San Jose. Her field of Linguistics and ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Drive-by free-tiquing at Kidlit Central News
January 9, 2009Snoop just did some drive-by tiquing over at Kidlit Central News for Fun Friday. The round was so small that Snoop didn’t feel good about sending all of his free-tiquees an email about it. (So, sorry if he didn’t email ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet Samantha R. Vamos, picture book author
January 8, 2009This week we have the sensational Samantha R. Vamos. Samantha grew up on the East coast where she attended law school and practiced law. She spent her 30’s in the Midwest, managing to keep warm in the Windy City. Now ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet J.E. MacLeod, young adult novelist
December 18, 2008This week, we have the magnificent J.E. MacLeod who lives with her husband and son near the Canadian Rockies. Before becoming a full-time writer, J.E. was a copywriter in radio and television. She was also a DJ and still thinks ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet Erin Dionne, young adult novelist
December 11, 2008This week we have the ever-amazing Erin Dionne, who has lived on two coasts and in four states. Her debut novel, MODELS DON’T EAT CHOCOLATE COOKIES (Dial, February 2009), was inspired by events that occurred in seventh grade, when she wore a ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Want a huge dose of inspiration? Check out AuthorsNow!
December 9, 2008Hey everyone, Okay, I can’t apologize enough about how much Snoop and I have been in hiding lately, but seriously, we have lots of good reasons. This latest one though is pretty good. Need some major inspiration? Check out what we’ve ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Authors on the Verge: Meet R.J. Anderson, middle grade fantasy novelist
November 20, 2008This week we have the amazing R. J. Anderson. She is known to her friends as Rebecca, is the daughter of a Bible teacher, the wife of an agricultural biologist, and the mother of three energetic young boys. At five ...
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