I am thrilled to welcome my friend, Jessica Stremer to Writing Outside the Lines. I met Jessica in the fabulous marketing group, PBSpree, and I'm so happy for her success as she continues to soar. We're going to be talking about two of her books...
I am thrilled to have multi-published author, Robin Newman, visit us on the blog today. I met Robin in my 2021 Marketing group, the Picture Book Scribblers, and I'm so glad I did. Robin will be talking about her newest book, coming out soon as...
Each January first, I beat myself up. Not literally, of course, but it's still pretty painful. I focus on everything I did not accomplish during the past year. Was I lazy? Not good enough? What was it? Turns out that type of thinking is not...
There is power in the number three. Julius Caesar didn't ask only friends and Romans to lend him their ears. It wouldn't have been nearly as powerful without the countrymen. And don't ever just stop and drop when your clothes are on fire. You better...
Ellen Rothberg and I loved our book, Don't Eat the Bluebonnets. Lots of other people loved it too. It had heart, great illustrations, and kids connected with it. Ahh...
You know how when your life seems kind of surreal, you can either laugh or cry? Well, I’m right there now, and I think I will laugh. That seems the better choice. I’m sitting in my “temporary housing” watching the wind blow and waiting for...
OK, I know. The title is pretty lame. But right now I feel like I am two people. Two very different versions of me. It may be because I’m in the middle of too many things in my writing life…the least of it being the...
I am a writer. There, I said it. You would think that wouldn’t be a problem, but actually saying it doesn’t come easily for me. For years all I wrote were plays for kids in schools, poems for my friends and family, and a huge...