Kid Lit Dish

Okay. To say that I’m beyond excited right now wouldn’t give what I’m feeling enough, I don’t know, oomph. And, no, this has nothing to do with my agent or my picture books. It’s actual...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/04/30/grey-is-finally-here/

By now, some of you know that I just signed with an agent. Yes, I’ve been sitting on this news for a while (just waiting until everything was in “ink” before announcing it worldwide becaus...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/03/23/it-started-with-an-offer-a-k-a-how-i-got-my-agent/

Okay, if you’re wondering about the title of this post, it’s only because I have that particular song from Sound of Music (one of my favorite movies EVER) running through my head today.  It...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/03/04/climb-every-mountain/

Okay, by the title it may seem like I’m about to launch some kind of “regular” Thursday column… and maybe I WILL. I actually just like the alliteration of that title, and since I do have ...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/01/15/thursday-three/

Happy New Year! Recently I was lucky enough to participate in what we called a “coloring book collaboration”– essentially a downloadable coloring book for kids where several illustrators ...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/01/12/extra-extra-get-your-free-coloring-book-here/

In case you haven’t heard, the good folks at KidLit411 are celebrating their ONE-YEAR anniversary this week! And to help celebrate, they’re actually giving US, their followers, the opportunit...

https://kidlitdish.com/2015/01/06/happy-birthday-kidlit411/

I just painted this in acrylic with mostly a palette knife. I’ve painted with that tool before, and I always enjoy the textures it brings out (can’t see them very well here). This is for a fr...

https://kidlitdish.com/2014/09/26/loves-me-some-palette-knife/

Just a quick note to say, “Yay! I’m featured on Julie Hedlund’s blog today!” For those of you in the kid lit world that DON’T know who Julie Hedlund is, I suggest you climb out from und...

https://kidlitdish.com/2014/09/23/feeling-grateful/

Happy Monday! I’m excited to report that I’m participating in this fun blog hop. For those of you who don’t know what a blog hop is (Dad), it’s a kind of a virtual, writerly, bloggerly ...

https://kidlitdish.com/2014/09/01/not-so-accidental-blog-tourist-hop/

It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday! And, yes, I know… it HAS been a long time since I’ve reviewed a picture book. I’ll tell you what, though–this book (The Gardener) truly inspired me to ...

https://kidlitdish.com/2014/08/29/perfect-picture-book-friday-the-gardener/