Good evening, my lovely NaPiBoWriWee writers! Yes. Day Four is almost OVER. Relax. You are halfway there. Day Four is really tough because some people just give up. Others start to question their sanity. Some folks wonder if National Picture Book Writing Week where we attempt to write 7 books in 7 days is really such a good idea. And the rest of you now HATE me. You have printed out my picture and are throwing rotten tomatoes at it, crying out, “Why did you encourage me to write 7… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Four – Bedtime Blog! →
Welcome TARA LAZAR, our guest author for 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Day Four! Tara Lazar is a children’s book author, mother, foodie and boogeyman assassin (currently booked at 3am nightly). Her first picture book, The Monstore, will be published by Aladdin/Simon & Schuster in 2013. Tara hosts PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) in November–an alternative to NaNoWriMo for picture book writers. (See http://taralazar.wordpress.com/.) Tara is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. For more info on Tara, check out her website here: http://taralazar.wordpress.com/ Because Tara’s first published picture book will not be out until… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Four: Guest Author Blog – Tara Lazar →
Welcome to Day Four of the 2011 National Picture Book Writing Week! OMG! We are HALFWAY THROUGH NaPiBoWriWee! Can you BELIEVE it?! 🙂 So as I’ve mentioned before, when I’m not writing or playing with my cats, I teach the craft of writing fiction! So now that we’ve explored first drafts, plot structure, and theme, let’s take a look at something called THE HERO’S JOURNEY. In other words… character. WHO are we writing about? What does our main character want? What’s getting in his/her way of reaching their goal? You… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Four – Good Morning! →