My next Mixed-Up Files post goes up on Wednesday, and I can't wait to share part two of Ruth McNally Barshaw's interview.  You can check out the first one here.  She included a writing and illustrating exercise that many of you loved...and she has another wonderful writing and illustrating exercise ready for Wednesday and a list of books that ( Read more... )

I'll never forget my cave-writing years. I learned everything I could through SCBWI materials and every writing book I could get my hands on. Then, I heard about the NY Winter Conference and thought it sounded great. But scary. At the time, I only wrote picture books, and felt like I needed to have more than the five I had been working on. I ( Read more... )