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#5OnFri: Five Benefits of Pitch Sessions

Happy Friday, Word Nerds! We’re now well and truly into summer and conference season has begun! In fact, Gabriela and Emily are attending Thrillerfest right now. In a few weeks,…

Deep Dive into Short Forms: Historical Poetry

…pushed to experience history in a new way. Pushed, in Emily Dickinson’s words, to “[t]ell all the truth but tell it slant.” Walker is no stranger to the idea of…

The Book Nook: My Spring Reading

…Very well done. I can’t wait to keep reading. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski  I’ve had a bit of a long-term…

Picture Books: Not So Easy

…lessons. Need to study black holes? Boom—check out A Black Hole is Not a Hole, by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano. Studying Fibonacci Numbers in math? Bam—The Rabbit Problem, by Emily Gravett,…

Agents Share Conference Tips

…if everything went perfectly, I’d still have to see the writing. It’s just an introduction, not the end of the world.” –Emily Keyes (L. Perkins Agency) “We won’t bite, or…

The Book Nook — August Edition

…West! Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski Recently, Burnout by Nagoski and her sister came across my radar. I bought it. In the course of checking out the author…

September 2022 Leisure Learning

…what about Sirenhead? Or Mapinguari, protector of the Amazon?  Shape-shifting fireflies, anyone? Update your knowledge of things that go bump, squeal and hiss in the night with Dr. Emily Zarka…

The Book Nook: Enemies to Lovers

…Ethan get sent on the honeymoon instead. In order to not lose out on the trip, they have to act like they are the happy couple.  Beach Read by Emily