The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m putting together a focus group of about 8-10 subscribers to help provide guidance about the future of The Whole Megillah. If you are interested in participating in a brief Zoom session after the holidays … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Assignment by Liza WiemerWiemer, Liza. The Assignment. Delacorte Press, 2020, $17.99 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write The Assignment? Liza Wiemer (LZ): On April 4, 2017, I visited Oswego, New York, for a book signing at River’s End Bookstore for … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m going to be a featured panelist at early October’s Amherst Writers & Artists Leadership Retreat about sending out your work. I’ll be focusing on sending out book manuscripts and using Duotrope. After the holidays, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Two-in-One | Behind the Bookcase, written by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Valentina ToroLowell, Barbara. Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place. Illustr. Valentina Toro. Kar-Ben, 2020, 40 pp., paperback $7.99. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write this book? Barbara Lowell (BL): In 2016, I visited the … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: Two new picture book biography critique groups have now formed. Now I’m looking to start a group for memoir/essay and another group for short fiction to get underway after the holidays. If interested, please comment … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Two-in-One: The Eight Knights of Hanukkah, written by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by GaliaKimmelman, Leslie. The Eight Knights of Hanukkah. Illus. Galia Bernstein. Holiday House, September 2020, 48 pp., $17.99 The Whole Megillah welcomes writer Leslie Kimmelman and illustrator Galia Bernstein to the forum. We asked them a few questions about their book, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’ve signed on to take Intermediate Yiddish at YIVO with instructor Nina Warnke. Can’t wait to delve in again and also continue with my translations. Class starts mid-September. Nina thought I should take the advanced … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Poet’s Notebook | L’dor Vador, a Poetry Chapbook by Steven PollackPollack, Steve. L’dor Vador, From Generation to Generation. Finishing Line Press, 2020, $14.99 The Whole Megillah (TWM): How did this collection come about? Steven Pollack (SP): During a career as engineer and administrator, writing focused my thoughts and I developed … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: Two of the five manuscripts I’d sent out into the world were rejected. I had been specifically asked to write them for this one publisher. They were both picture book biographies. I aim to make … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous, Written by Audrey AdesAdes, Audrey. Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous. Illus. Vivien Mildenberger. Kar-Ben, 2020, 32 pp. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this book? Audrey Ades (AA): I started writing this book in 2016, when I felt … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Category Archives: Writers Conferences
Last Call | Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books
You owe it to yourself and to your craft. Where else can you find a hands-on writing workshop geared specifically toward Jewish content? Have a picture book you’d like critiqued? Who best to do that? Editors who publish Jewish content and fellow … Continue reading
Claim Your Seat for the 2016 Highlights Workshop, Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books
Do you want feedback on your picture book or novel? Do you want to learn more about submitting your Jewish-themed story? Select seats are still available at the 2016 Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” You’ll hear and learn … Continue reading
Have You Signed Up Yet for the 2016 Highlights Workshop, Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books?
Join me, Kar-Ben publisher Joni Sussman, Scholastic executive editor Dianne Hess, Philomel assistant editor Talia Benamy, and guest author Kathy Kacer at the 2016 Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” The workshop has been running since 2010, giving writers access … Continue reading
Publicity Notebook | Interview with Larry Dane Brimner, “Getting the Gig” Workshop Leader
I first met Larry Dane Brimner at one of the Carolyn P. Yoder Alumni Retreats at Highlights in Boyds Mills, Pennsylvania. Larry will be giving a workshop on book promotion this spring, April 26-29, 2015, and I’ve asked him some … Continue reading
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Tagged book promotion, Highlights Foundation, larry dane brimner, writers workshops
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Guest Post |Fiction Author and Editor Nora Gold
Next week I will be speaking at the Seminar on the Jewish Story about how being the editor of the online literary journal Jewish Fiction .net affects me as a writer, and vice versa. I look forward to discussing this at the … Continue reading
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Tagged fields of exile, Jewish fiction, jewishfiction.net, Nora Gold, seminar on jewish story
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Finally! A Retreat for Jewish Writers – July 13-16, 2014 in Amherst, MA
Space and time to write your own megillah! Connect to your Jewish memories or bring Jewish-themed manuscripts that just haven’t worked. In this multi-genre workshop, you can create new material or revise a work in progress. The choice is yours. … Continue reading
Take Advantage of the Purim 10% Discount | Writing Jewish-Themed Children’s Books, a Highlights Workshop
Writing Jewish-Themed Children’s Books | A Highlights Foundation Workshop June 8 – 11, 2014 Time is running out! Special Offer: 10% discount if you apply before March 14 (Purim) In bucolic Boyds Mills, Pennsylvania, the Highlights Foundation offers for the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Jewish Story | Guest Post by Erika Dreifus
The Whole Megillah is pleased to post this entry by Erika Dreifus, who joins the Fiction Panel at the May 18, 2014 Conference on Jewish Story in New York City. For more about the conference, click here>>> It’s a perennial … Continue reading
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Tagged Erika Dreifus, Jewish story, quiet americans
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