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Hosting Poetry Friday

If you are a blogger in the “kidlitosphere,” I highly recommend that you avoid being a lurker for years (ahem,…

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Welcome to the Poetry Friday Round-Up!!

It’s Poetry Friday and my inaugural attempt at hosting! I thought about using Mr. Linky and then realized I’m a…

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Why We Need Stories

Today I was looking for someone online, and came across this brilliant, chock-full-of-quotes piece from a collection of conference materials…

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Poetry Friday and Good Poems: American Places edited by Garrison Keillor

It’s Poetry Friday, and almost Independence Day. To celebrate, I’d like to recommend the poetry anthology Good Poems: American Places….

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Moleskine 30-second video

Many writers love notebooks, especially the gold standard, Moleskine. Today Moleskine posted a video that squeezes into a mere 30…

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Poetry Friday & Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

It’s Poetry Friday! Carol at Carol’s Corner has the round-up.This week, I want to recommend Forest Has a Song, by…

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Start with the most intimidating situation. Summer Poem Swap 2013!

The lovely Tabatha Yeatts from The Opposite of Indifference has organized a fun/thrilling/terrifying summer project: Summer Poem Swap 2013. I…

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Poetry Friday & KidsBooks in Vancouver, B.C.

It’s Poetry Friday!Margaret at Reflections on the Teche is hosting this week’s round-up. She’s in Louisiana, so we’re practically neighbors….

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A unique social media campaign to save a library.

I’m a fan of libraries. I love the smell of all those books.I love the hush, the promise of stories…

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For writers: questions to ask your readers.

Today on Dear Editor.com, a writer posed the question: “How do I get useful feedback from my beta readers?”One of…

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