Time to round out the month with another nostalgic Halloween read! This week’s pick will be one of my favorites from when I was a kidlet, and likely one that only people who date back to bronze age (like me) will remember. I give you: Hester. Hester is an alligator who’s getting ready … More SJ Reads: Hester
Apologies for last week – apparently it’s that time of year that my sinuses decide to rule over every other part of my life. So, that was fun. On to the books! This week’s nostalgic Halloween title is one that I’m pretty sure my mother randomly grabbed at the library when I was a kid. … More SJ Reads: Hob Goblin and the Skeleton
Alright, time to cutesie this thing back up. You can’t have Halloween without candy, and if we’re being honest, then that’s just buckets and buckets of candy. So much candy. As a kid, I’d dream of getting enough Hallowen candy to swim in it like Scrooge McDuck in his money. I had some good hauls … More SJ Reads: Harriet’s Halloween Candy
It’s that glorious, wonderful, macabre, spooky, creepy, magnificent time of the year! And of course I’ll be reading creepy stuff all the way through it. For this month’s SJ reads, though, I thought I’d do something a little different and heap a big ol’ spoonful of nostalgia on this month’s pics (Don’t worry, … More SJ Reads: Space Case
Sean Taylor’s roundtable discussion this week is about the books we loved to read as children. If you’re like me, you’ve never quite let them go and revisit them from time to time…and maybe pick up some new loves, too. I mean sure, I’m a responsible, functioning adult, but I will admit that there is … More Reading with SJ: Kid Lit Edition
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a willing victim, but today G.L. Giles joins me in the interview hot seat! SJ: Every writer has some sort of process. Give us a glimpse into yours. Do you meticulously outline? Do you write depending on what calls are out there? *Bonus question – Do … More Author Interview: G.L. Giles
Today’s interview is with a fantastic children’s author and an all-around insanely talented lady, Deborah Smith Ford! I first met her at Fandom Fest last year, and have been fortunate to get to know her and her incredible talent since then. See what she has to say about writing for children, an area that a … More Author Interview: Deborah Smith Ford
I love getting the chance to talk to all sorts of different authors and creative types. As I’ve said before, I may write in some darker genres, but I also have a huge, huge love of children’s literature. I definitely count the books that I grew up with and the storytellers I was brought up … More Author Interview: Penelope A. Riley
I’m slowly opening the blog up to guest posts, because I really like featuring people of talent that you may not know of yet. I met William on FB in a writing group, and since I also write children’s fiction (and was bullied mercilessly as a preteen), his title caught my eye. So I’m going … More Guest Post: William Bentrim
We all know I love speculative fiction. Fantasy of all sorts, Sci-Fi, Horror…I love it all! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, though: I adore children’s literature. I have so many pleasant memories of books from my childhood, and I still have been known to stop and flip through younger … More Available Now: Stories for Children Magazine
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