Storystorm 2025 Day 17: Namita Moolani Mehra Tests Titles, Taglines and Golden Nuggets
by Namita Moolani Mehra The ad agency girl in me tends to come up with titles before developed story ideas. My Storystorm output for the last...
11 Beautiful New Picture Books, January 2025
Happy 2025! The new year in picture books features funny, sweet, and interactive stories for age 4 to 8. New Picture Books, January 2025 The… The...
Storystorm 2025 Day 16: Mary Boone Cuts, Hammers, Sands and Polishes Until Ideas Shine
by Mary Boone Story ideas are exciting packages of potential, and by the end of this month-long brainstorming exercise, you’ll have a pile of them. That’s...
Storystorm 2025 Day 15: Jennifer Swanson Sets the Scene with STEM
by Jennifer Swanson One of the many things that makes a great story is the scene. Setting the scene for your book is so important because your reader...
Storystorm 2025 Day 14: Audrey Perrott Knows Being Funny is Serious Business
by Audrey Perrott If you’ve ever been on my Instagram feed, you already know I cry easily, just like Milton in my debut picture book MOO...
Storystorm 2025 Day 13: Alan Silberberg Hosts “The Idea Game”
by Alan Silberberg Alan is a cartoonist and writer who loves making funny food books for kids. P is for PASTRAMI – The ABCs of JEWISH...
Storystorm 2025 Day 12: Joann Howeth Chooses Parallel Story-Telling
by Joann Howeth People ask what inspired the writing of my picture book biography THE MOLLYS B. and why I chose the parallel story-telling format. It...
Storystorm 2025 Day 11: Michelle Schaub Adds Yummy Layers to Her Book Cake
by Michelle Schaub Just as the variety of scrumptious flavors in a layer cake tantalize taste buds, layers in a children’s book deepen its richness. What...
Storystorm 2025 Day 10: Tara Lazar Talks to Friends
You know that writing friend you have? The one you haven’t spoken to in you-can’t-remember-how-long, but you’re pretty sure it was pre-pandemic? Yeah, her. Call her....
Packet Defender 1.0
Today was the first day of our spring semester, and I’m teaching middle school web design again. As part of our introductory class, we watched the...
