When you’re sitting alone with a piece of paper or a computer screen, writing can seem like a solitary business. But while the act of...

We are thrilled to be hosting literary agent Mary Cummings of Betsy Amster Lit on our blog this month. Scroll down for Mary's interview...

In January, 2015, I started researching and working on the story of Elizabeth Jennings’ rejection from the streetcar in 1854. I’d found...

For twenty-five years I’ve been an Early Childhood teacher, teaching children from pre-k to third grade in the public schools of...

YOUR NEXT GREAT BOOK TOPIC You’ve probably heard the common writer’s adage, “Write about what you know.” Which is often a good idea. But...

For the past year, my critique group, The Broad Strokes has set aside the first half hour of every meeting to share our favorite new...

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the fourth annual Rate Your Story Awesome Openers Writing Contest. Our judges have spent...

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away (it really does feel like another galaxy), I was given a writing assignment in my eighth grade...

Rhyme. Everyone says, “Don’t do it.” “No one will buy it.” “No one will rep it.” And yet many writers are lured in by soothing rhythm of...

Lynne Marie is the author of Hedgehog Goes to Kindergarten - illustrated by Anne Kennedy (Scholastic, 2011), Hedgehog's 100th Day of...