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  Write Letters To Santa With a New App

  8844 readersIt’s a bit late in the season for to get letters delivered to Santa, but thankfully there is a new app to help kids file their letters digitally. eBookNewser has more: “Thanks to a new app from drawinginc Limited, these kids can now write their letters to Old St. Nick with their iPads. The Letters for Santa

• Noun/Verb Agreement with “Number”

  6562 readersWhen a sentence begins with “A number of,” should the verb that follows be singular, or plural? For example, when a sentence refers to a number of objections being raised, is was correct, or should you use were? In this case, number stands in as a vague reference to the quantity of objections, but the

• How Book Bloggers Are Like Agents

  4401 readersOne of the questions I’ve been most frequently asked since The Kitchen Daughter was published isn’t about the publication process itself. Other than “How do you balance social media time with writing time?” the question I’m most often asked is “How do you get book bloggers to review your book?” Answer: you don’t, really. You

• How Book Bloggers Are Like Agents

  5136 readersOne of the questions I’ve been most frequently asked since The Kitchen Daughter was published isn’t about the publication process itself. Other than “How do you balance social media time with writing time?” the question I’m most often asked is “How do you get book bloggers to review your book?” Answer: you don’t, really. You

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  The Story Behind Mineral Mischief by Renee Hand

  4522 readers The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking’s newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors’ books or how they got published. Today’s guest is Renee Hand, author of the children’s animal detective chapter book, Mineral Mischief, the second book in her award-winning Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill series. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The idea for this

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  Description that Grabs You

  1840 readersAs an active bookmobile participant and Highlights fan from way back, I love to read.  I especially love well-written copy that’s so specific and so revealing that you can almost touch, see, smell or hear what’s being described.  Here are some recent favorites: From Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge: * It was as if marriage

• Take 5 with Kathleen Bolton

  2177 readersBlog mama Kath is gearing up for the release of the next title in the First Daughter series (written as Cassidy Calloway).  SECRETS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER releases September 1 by Harper Teen.  We asked Kath to do a Take 5 to share with WU readers a little bit more about the National Disaster known as Morgan Abbott,

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  How to Attract an Audience by Integrating Content, Social, and Search

  6996 readers Google’s been pissing people off lately. Panda, Penguin, Parakeet (okay, I made that last one up), who knows what’s next … Then there are the social networking evangelists whose entire fortunes are deep in Zuckerberg’s asset. And finally, the faithful content producers, who labor slowly and quietly to build their businesses one thousand words at a time. It

• Santa Claus Reads Free Personalized Story for Kids

  1597 readersWould your child like a little personal time with St. Nicholas? During a special “Santa Summit,” the people behind the Story Before Bed reading app are giving away personalized recordings of Santa Claus reading the holiday story, For Chris...

• Santa Fights Dracula in Kickstarter Project

  7274 readers Artist Melissa DeJesus and writer Ed Power hope to raise $9,500 on Kickstarter to finish a graphic novel that pits Santa against Dracula (video introduction embedded above). The funds would give DeJesus enough time to pencil, ink, letter and color their 175-page comics project. They would also print and ship “a self published, unique, one