Books & Writing & Rambles
Live a Thousand Lives- Through Reading!
I love this quote. As a kid, as it is now, reading provides an opportunity for me to be someone else, to live someone else’s life, to go on a journey that is not my own. No matter what I read, whoever the characters, in my head, I accompany them on their adventures, I...
My Afternoon at The Strand
If you are into independent bookstores, and you have been to New York City, then you have probably heard of The Strand. It opened in 1927 and is still owned and operated by the same family. It is also the last surviving bookstore on what used to be called Book Row,...
Books I Read as a Kid
In the midst of all this reading for my new children’s book writing career, I got to thinking about the books I read as a kid. I started compiling a list of the titles/authors I remember reading, whether for pleasure or for school. I included the list below- it is by...
Just because you haven’t published anything, yet, does not mean you are not an author.
I needed some additional writing inspiration this week. The above quote gives me added confidence when I feel my writing ambitions are going nowhere. According to the dictionary, an author is one who makes or creates something and a writer is one who writes....
Diversity in Children’s Books and Why It’s Important
I currently work at a language immersion school in Brooklyn, New York. There are two language tracks: French and Spanish. Due to this the school library is about the most diverse I’ve ever seen, with books in three languages: English, Spanish and French. There are...
Creating an Author Website
Create a website to showcase who you are as an author to agents, publishers, editors, etc. Even if you are not yet published, as in my instance, a website allows you the opportunity to build a base, to put yourself and what you have to offer out there. Creating a...