“To Pay Attention, this is Our Endless and Proper Work.” 

~Mary Oliver

Picture Book Idea Month is almost here...

NWAIS2015

"The blank page begs me to tell a story. Dares me to."

-MK Asante

Books Make A Difference...

“I want to represent books that make a difference in a kid’s life or even changes a life, because all of us in the business believe that books can change people’s lives,... It’s an overwhelming, pretty amazing feeling.”

~Steven Malk, Agent Writers House

Sage 2nd Grade Advice...

"...hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." 

~Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird