

MOWMT: Mining Mentor Texts with Debut Donna Marx
March 28, 2025 [Note: Click on the Titles/Links to buy Books.] When I began to learn the craft of writing picture books, a key takeaway...


MOWMT: Amuse Your Audience with Brittany Pomales
March 27, 2025 [Note: Click on the Links/Titles to buy books.] Ways to Amuse Your Audience With Alliteration Hello, March on Mentor Text...

Introducing Suzanne Elson, Our Newest Judge
We are pleased to announce our newest Rate Your Story Judge - multi-published PB and MG author Suzanne Elson ( Calm Down Counting and...


MOWMT: Compelling Page Turns with Sarah Hovorka
March 25, 2025 [Note: Click on the Title / Links to buy the Books.] If you’ve ever searched for “page turns in a picture book manuscript”...


MOWMT: Three Ts with Heather Stigall
March 24, 2025 MOWMT: Three Ts: Theme, Tone, and Takeaway [Click on the Titles / Links to buy the books.] My newest picture book, Gilbert...


MOWMT: Enriching Your Story with Lisa Rogers
March 24, 2025 [Note: Click on the Title / Links to buy the books.] You’ve combed sources for relevant factual details, woven them into...

First Pages with Lynne Marie of The Little Press
EVENT: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 TIME: 7 - 8:15 PM EST WHERE: RYS Zoom Room https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9930468519 PRICING: See Above...


MOWMT: Many Ways to Serve Up a Story with Lynne Marie
March 21, 2025 [Clink On the Titles / Links to Buy Any Books] As many of you know, I've read 50 - 100 books of related subject matter for...


MOWMT: Spicing Up Your Manuscript with Specifics by Beth Anderson
March 20, 2025 [Note: Click the Titles to Buy the Books.] Adding “specifics” to a narrative manuscript is like adding spices when...


MOWMT: Backmatter - It's An Art with Joyce P. Uglow
March 19, 2025 [Note: Click on the Title/Links to buy the books.] “ Mentor texts are words that writers wish they had written themselves...