Sitemap - 2024 - Sarah’s Smorgasbord

On Dragons, and A Year That Was Meant To Be Bad Luck

The Ultimate Middle Grade Christmas Shopping Guide for Reluctant Readers (and Young Writers)

Writing a Satisfyingly Self-Destructive Villain

What Writers Get Wrong About Working in Government, with Richard Culatta

9 Poems for People Who Don't Like Poetry

The Most Underrated Cryptid, with Rhys Darby

Top of the Class: How Kid Lit Authors Can Become Teacher's Pet, with Melissa Taylor

It's MONSTER TREE DAY!!!!

I wrote a book (that comes out in TWO WEEKS) and I don't remember.

The Idea-to-Plot Struggle: 14 Authors Give Their Best Strategies

I'm NOT trying to fight tree huggers, but I grew up with a monster in my backyard

Courses

Diamonds in the Rough: Revising for Poetic, Sparkling Prose

Author Publicity: How the Heck Do I Access the Media? with J.E. Thomas

Reaching the Pedals: Writing Middle Grade Characters that Drive The Plot

Inside Out and the Time Pete Docter Wrote Me Back

The Three Steps To Selling Out A Book Signing

Jason Alexander and Why I'm Optimistic About Publishing

How NOT to Incorporate STEM Elements in Your Kid Lit, With Amanda Rawson Hill

Beauty in Silliness, Silliness in Trauma

Breaking In to Writing for Animation, with Jarod Rosello

The Biggest Mistake My Creative Writing Students Make

Why Are Animal Books Avoiding the Current Middle Grade Slump? with Author PJ Gardner

Start Here for the Smorgasbord!

How Has Turner Syndrome and NLD Impacted My Writing?

Writing Romance for Middle Grade, with Alyson Gerber

I (Am Trying To) Live In a Yellow Submarine

Funnels and Flywheels: In-depth Marketing Strategies for Kid Lit authors, with Russell Nohelty