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The Next Big Thing Blog Tour!
I’m “it!” My dear friend and fellow Vermont College of Fine Arts grad, Annemarie O’Brien, tagged me to be the next stop on The Next Big Thing Blog Tour, a sort of chain letter for authors. This tour...
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April Reading Report
Annemarie The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Spanky by Sue La Neve A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean Danielle Shine by Lauren Myracle. Ginger The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Starry...
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THE FICTIVE DREAM: CHILD REVIEWER AGREES WITH JOHN GARDNER
I recently had a sparkling conversation with 11-year-old children’s book reviewer, Erik Weibel, aka Erik the Great. Some may consider Erik too young to be considered a professional book reviewer, but...
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May Reading Report
Annemarie Holding Silvan by Monica Wesolowska Carol APE by Guy Cawasaki and Shawn WelchDanielle The Strange History of the American Quadroon by Emily Clark Danielle Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson...
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July Reading Report
Annemarie Twerp by Mark Goldblatt Carol How (Not) to Find a Boyfriend by Allyson Valentine Danielle The Color of Rain by Cory McCarthy Ginger The Whole Stupid Way We Are by N. Griffin Jennifer The One...
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November Reading Report
Annemarie All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan Counting by Holly Goldberg Sloan Carol Overlooked by Elizabeth Becker Ginger Horton’s Miraculous Mechanisms by...
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Where we’ve been and where we’re going
So, it’s been a pretty great year for the folks at Quirk and Quill. A few highlights: 1) Two members of our VCFA class had books published this year. Lara’s Gift by Annemarie O’Brien How (Not) to Find...
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Looking for a Good Book?
So many books, so little time. How does one choose? My fellow VCFA S3Q2 (The Super Secret Society of Quirk and Quill) classmates offer up a few of the books we chose to read this week–and they are...
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Some Dessert Books
In keeping with Joss Whedon’s “eat dessert first” philosophy of writing, I’ve been dipping into some books that approach writing from a different angle: visually. Here are a few that have intrigued me....
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Quirk and Quill 2014 Favorite Books
So many books, so little time. How does one choose? We Kid-Lit writers read books the way voracious squirrels gather acorns, consuming the precious finds to feed our passions, spitting out the empty...
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