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What to expect from this here writing buffet?
Feb 27, 2024
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Bookmark this and your kid won't be bored during school break.
The master list of author websites with activities and free goodies.
Dec 18, 2025
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Good Endings Are Like Punchlines, and How To Write Them, with Arianne Costner
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Dec 4, 2025
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44 Hyper-specific Things I'm Thankful For
What would you add to this list?
Nov 18, 2025
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Become A Clown, Save Your Writing; with Travis Nichols
We're putting on our writing hats AND our red noses today
Nov 4, 2025
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Pop Tart Feet: Drawing monsters, even if you can't draw, with Rob Harrell
and feeling monstrous joy, despite *anything*
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When you're too Steve Irwin to write monsters...
Because Cthulu just needs a hug
Sep 18, 2025
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Millions of views creating content for kids, with Sarah Maddack
and the middle grade draft is FINISHED!!
Sep 4, 2025
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I realized what middle grade and British detective shows have in common.
The broken brits are how the light gets in.
Aug 21, 2025
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Let's see what kid lit booksellers are *actually* looking for, with Melissa LaSalle (aka The Book Mommy)
Hint: It's not the book you wished you had as a child.
Aug 7, 2025
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The master list of where to find book recommendations for your kids
You don't have to figure this out alone
Jul 17, 2025
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"Ear reading" and other ways to help your (neurodivergent) kid read this summer, with language therapist Kathy Tenney
And learning to draw with a spatially-inept brain.
Jul 1, 2025
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low energy habits that improved my writing practice
11 tips that may help you, including a monster named Frank
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Hi! I’m Sarah, award-winning kidlit author. (And poet, rom-com lover, and cat snuzzler). The menu here is behind-the-writing scenes, expert interviews, and resources for classrooms and creatives. All leavened with Joy.
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