The Whole Megillah- Author’s Notebook | Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life, Written by Laurie WallmarkWallmark, Laurie. Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life. Illus. by Katy Wu. Sterling, 2019. 48 pp., $16.95 The Whole Megillah (TWM): You’ve now published four picture book biographies. What has driven your interest in writing about female scientists? Laurie Wallmark (LW): There … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: The American Jewish Historical Society has begun a series of webinars, “From the Archives.” Yesterday’s installment was about New York poet Emma Lazarus. The webinar included clips with academic experts, a visit to Emma’s brownstone … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: By the end of today, I will have five book manuscripts in the market. They range from picture books to a novella to novels in verse. Yesterday I decided to start work in September on … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: The Southampton Children’s Lit Conference was fantastic! Not only did I learn so, so much about graphic novels, but I also connected with writers of all types. This is a conference I would dearly love … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- New Writing Chai Cycle to Begin July 26 – Reserve Your Spot NowFind the Stories That Are Yours to Tell There’s still room for you! The Writing Chai Studio offers writers of all genres and all levels the opportunity to find the stories within them and bring them onto the page. Find … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: Today is my first day at the Southampton Children’s Lit Conference Graphic Novels Workshop. I also get to attend craft and industry talks across all genres. Plus there are faculty readings. I’m looking forward to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’ve been accepted into the Southampton Children’s Lit Conference Graphic Novels Workshop. Ordinarily, I would never have applied because of the cost. But in this COVID world, I can participate virtually for a fraction of … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Why You Should Submit to PJ Library | Authors Speak UpWelcome to The Whole Megillah‘s cyber-round table of authors whose books were submitted and selected by PJ Library and/or PJ Our Way. Our authors include Amalia Hoffman, author/illustrator of Dreidel Day (Kar-Ben, 2018); Karen Pokras, author of the forthcoming middle-grade … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesOne quick thing this week: Even if we’re not able to travel, we might still be able to stage our own mini writing retreats at home. Essential to this experience is a set of books to have on hand for … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Beloved Comrades: A Novel in Stories by Yermiyahu Ahron TaubTaub, Yermiyahu Ahron. Beloved Comrades: A Novel in Stories. Quanah, TX: Anaphora Literary Press, 2020. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired this work, its structure, and its scope? What made the narrative begin with the postwar period? Yermiyahu Ahron Taub … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life, Written by Laurie Wallmark
Tag Archives: Highlights Foundation
In the Spirit of Poetry Has Value | May 2016 Report
Here are my May statistics: Poetry: Sent to 12 journals (Pedestal, Minerva Rising, New England Review, Bennington Review, The Common, Boxcar Review, Poet Lore, US 1 Worksheets, Arroyo Literary Review, Reservoir, Mom Egg Review, Prime Number), one acceptance (honorable mention and publication … Continue reading
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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Attention Biography and Aspiring Biography Writers!
Highlights Foundations is sponsoring a workshop all about writing biographies with an outstanding faculty. Candy Fleming, with whom I’ve taken workshops at Highlights, has written several award-winning biographies. Carolyn Yoder, editor of Calkins Creek, the American history imprint of Boyds … Continue reading
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Tagged biography writing, candy fleming, Carolyn Yoder, Highlights Foundation, robert burleigh
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Attention Illustrators | A Message from Kent Brown and the Highlights Foundation
The following comes from Kent Brown of the Highlights Foundation I got this idea, and at first I thought it was another goofy one. Here’s what I’m faced with. The Highlights Foundation is expanding its programs, and, to my great … Continue reading
