The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m on a week’s break from Gratz, but instead of filling it with my own creative writing, I’ll be grading student compositions. The October Writing Chai prompt goes out on Friday. If interested in participating, send me … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m thinking about Nanowrimo to work on a novel I abandoned in 2011. Anyone thinking about participating? This “event” motivates you to write 50,000 words during the month of November at a rate of about 1700 words … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Notes | Leshone ToyveThree quick things: The late composition guru Donald Murray reminds me to think of the first draft as the discovery draft and the second draft as the developmental draft. For more, see his Write to Learn. My Yiddish studies are … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Editorial work has begun on my middle-grade novel-in-verse, 37 Days, about the voyage of the doomed MS St. Louis in 1939. The publisher is Kar-Ben. So far, so good! In teaching freshman composition, I’m reminded of Anne … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- The Whole Megillah Announces Writing Chai!Writing Chai is a new, eighteen-month program of prompts from The Whole Megillah. Each month (on the 18th) members of the Writing Chai community will receive a prompt and have access to a private Facebook page to post their writing, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: No sooner did I send my work out do I begin to receive rejections. Form email rejections. Did they even read my work? Oy. I signed up for a free online course with the esteemed emerita Harvard … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Challah Girl by Bracha K. SharpThe Challah Girl by Bracha K. Sharp, illustrated by Anita Tung, Mosaica Press, 2019 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this story? Bracha K. Sharp (BKS): At first, it was actually more of a case regarding who … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I said I would and I did: I sent some of my poetry out into the world over the Labor Day weekend. I’d still like to send out more. I sent a new YA historical novel to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m dedicating Labor Day to send some poetry out into the world. I wanted to use part of the weekend to revise a novella, but given other commitments, that’s just not going to happen. My Yiddish class … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Stay tuned for the September 18 launch of a new writing program from The Whole Megillah. It’s called Writing Chai, an eighteen-month program of writing prompts and sharing with an intense eighteen days of prompts starting December … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Best Hanukkah Present You Can Give Yourself
Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens by Linda R. Silver (Jewish Publication Society, 2010) While you’re out buying Hanukkah presents for your kids or your grandkids, don’t forget your own needs. If you write Jewish content for kids, the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Librarians
Tagged best jewish children's books, Jewish Publication Society, JPS, Linda Silver
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Report on the 12th Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
Anyone who doubted that the annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators conference in New York City would continue its longstanding tradition of excellence as sponsorship and venue moved from the 92nd Street Y to the Jewish Book Council (JBC) … Continue reading
Posted in Writers Conferences
Tagged Ann Koffsky, Behrman House, David Bernstein, Elana Roth, Jewish Book Council, Jewish children's books, Jewish writers conferences, Judye Groner, Kar-Ben, Kendra Levin, Laura Toffler-Corrie, Mark Levine, Robbin Gourley, Stephanie Lurie, Sydney Taylor Book Award, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, Yona Zeldis McDonough
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Author’s Notebook | Eric Kimmel
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What makes a great storyteller? Eric Kimmel (EK): You have to love being a storyteller. You have to love telling a story and making it come alive with your words. I always feel that I’m a … Continue reading
Lower East Side Tenement Museum | Snapshot, Take Two!
Yesterday I attended the encore Snapshot! event at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum at 97 Orchard Street in New York City. The first time I went to the museum was a few years ago to research an immigrant novel … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish immigrants, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Snapshot, Tenement Museum
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Agent’s Notebook | Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Trident Media Group
Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Children’s Book Agent at Trident Media Group in New York City and a featured speaker at the 2009 Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference, answers a few questions for The Whole Megillah. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What … Continue reading
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Tagged Alyssa Eisner Henkin, children's book agents, Trident Media Group
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