Category: Writing Life

I should have started with the advance bit, since that’s what I’m going to talk about first. In case you missed it, I got a book deal, and with that comes an advance. I cannot tell you how much (I would get in BIG trouble!) but I can tell you how I’m going to spend…

New idea: A list of five books on Friday that center around a certain theme. I’d do ten, but I just don’t think I can commit to that many. This way, I may actually do it! Eventually maybe I’ll get together a list in advance, so if people want to join in the fun, they…

I love Indies. I have three that I go to regularly: Logos, here in Santa Cruz, has an AMAZING used book section for kids, as well as TONS of adult books and an amazing music section. I love having a place where I can trade books in and find gems! Bookshop Santa Cruz, in, well,…

Dot Day was yesterday, but I sort of wanted to let my video post have the entire day. Never fear, I still made a Dot! Dot Day is a celebration of creativity inspired by Peter Reynold’s book, The Dot. Check it out if you haven’t read it; it’s amazing, sweet, and will inspire anyone to…

Ok, I’ve been wanting to say this for a while now, and now I finally can! Watch the video to find out more! Spoiler alert, this video contains: a cool shirt singing bloopers and my handsome BF! Yes! It’s true! I got a book deal! Here’s the announcement from Publisher’s Weekly: Kathy Ellen Davis’s TA…

Good afternoon everyone! Today I woke up with lots of things on my to-do list, mostly creative endeavors, yet when I got out of bed, I immediately reached for my computer. “What’s with that?” I asked myself. Did I want to revise a manuscript, because that’s great! Did I want to write? Also great. Nope.…

This has been a fun week. Back in Santa Cruz, and back to real life I suppose. Here are some things I found interesting this week: Gene Luen Yang‘s speech about diversity in children’s books will inspire you, guaranteed. This publisher’s choice to NOT sell their new book on Amazon. Pump up your writing and…

I’ve got another new idea. This time, it’s concerning poetry. I think it’s a wise idea to read poetry aloud, but for some reason, I haven’t been doing it. So I’m going to pick a book a month and read it aloud, hoping that the words have fun dancing around in my mouth and then…

Hi everybody! Welcome to my latest idea: A kidlit tea party! Where did it come from? I heard about a kidlit tea thing going on somewhere in Northern CA. San Francisco? Oakland? somewhere about an hour and a half away. It sounded AWESOME. Kidlit people gathering around, drinking tea, and talking about their goals for…

Yes, no web roundup last week. I was a bit busy. More on that later 🙂 A lot of these are classic bookmarks that I’m pulling out and sharing because they’ve been on my bookmark menu for WAY too long. See if you saw these back in the day 🙂 You may not be a…