Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Henry Herz Everything I know about writing picture books, I learned from animals. Animals make great picture book characters. Just ask the Very Hungry Caterpillar. And animals offer authors and illustrators nine B’s of inspiration for creating PBs: Be a sponge. Soak up everything around…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
One of the dragons my daughter has created Here I am with my daughter catching a bus to the art museum. We don’t talk but with our dark brown eyes look for inspiration out the passing land scrolling past the windows. What we share most is a love of the…

Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Dev Petty I know, I know…You’ve probably read or been told you should write every day. Twenty minutes? Thirty minutes? Some number of minutes that gets you off your behind and typing away. But I’m here to suggest a different approach, something especially useful for…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
One of my true love’s nicknames is ‘Ducky’ So today I am attempting an ideaogram.  I didn’t want to do the Sidman exercise just as it was suggested  because I have written a poem like that before, so instead I came up with a variation on her exercise. For this…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Thankyou for the chocolates I am sure they seemed like the perfect gift the present you give when you don’t know people that well They are so tempting cherry soft centre turkish delight peppermint laced in chocolate with traces of cashew and macademia Everybody loves chocolate but I’ve discovered once…