So much goes into getting a book ready for it’s big day: The Book Launch. And while you know that day is really only the beginning of making your book the success you know it can be, it’s a day to be savored, too. Our approach involves three steps. (Notice we don’t say easy steps, […]
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The best thing that I ever did Was to grab a good book, Find the coziest nook, Snuggle up, and sit with a kid. You can learn about giant squid, Fly to the moon, or escape from a goon, It’s exciting to sit with a kid. Not to sermonize, heaven forbid, But all will be […]
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This doesn’t need much of an introduction – the title says it all. We had an amazing time at the MBPR Luncheon last week (we told our story and generally met some amazing people in the publishing/printing/marketing industry) and are feeling immersed in books, so here are a few ideas to share our enthusiasm: MATCH-UP […]
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What is your favorite way to read to your child or interest your child in reading? We’re really looking at picture-book aged children, but any and all opinions are welcome. First, here’s the list I came up with and let me know if I’ve missed any. Maybe you read to your child via the WII […]
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A children’s picture book should (in no particular order): tell a story be beautiful be fun teach us something The more of these an author/artist can accomplish in 32-48 pages the better. Are we missing anything? There are many fabulous, beautiful, funny, charming, delightful children’s books to be had. Some old. Some new. Many wild […]
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Joy (mom) uses inDesign all the time, and she’s teaching me! Here’s my first attempt and a great flowchart for making this decision an easy one:
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We posted a guest blog on Heidi Skarie’s site. She wrote a wonderful book about a Shoshoni medicine woman, and is blogging about writing and spirituality. If you have any more questions about kickstarter, don’t hesitate to ask. Cheers!
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Reading–Do the Math I recently heard a public radio interview (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/08/julie-schumacher/) with Julie Schumacher, author of The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls. She talked about her “rule of 3,000.” She said, “If I read a book a week, which I generally do, and you average that to 50 books per year over a reading […]
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It’s the fishing opener or maybe vacation at the lake. You don’t fish, but you want to ride along. Great time to read. You could read a fish story. Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea Moby Dick by Herman Melville The River Why by James Duncan (excellent good fun) Dr. Seuss’s One Fish Two […]
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