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May.09.2013 - 10:05 pm
The Many Paths to Publication Part 4: An Interview with Marsha Diane Arnold
Like many in the picture book world, I’ve been watching the children’s book app market with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation. I’m a book person at heart – I love the smell...
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Apr.12.2013 - 1:54 pm
The Many Paths to Publication Part 3: An Interview With Rebecca Dudley
You might not have heard of Rebecca Dudley yet, but I’m guessing you will. Her wordless picture book Hank Finds An Egg comes out next month and it’s already gotten...
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Apr.05.2013 - 10:53 am
The Many Paths to Publication Part 2: An Interview With Heather Woodard
Last week, I interviewed former student Nicole Lataif about her experience publishing with Pauline, a Catholic press. This week, I’m highlighting a pair of former...
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Apr.01.2013 - 11:40 am
The Many Paths to Publication Part 1: An Interview With Writer Nicole Lataif
I’ve been teaching an online Children’s Picture Book Writing class through media bistro for six years years and recently launched an advanced class ...
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Mar.03.2010 - 11:11 pm
In response to: Will Boys Read Books About Girls?
Sharon Levin chimes in
(This from Sharon Levin, via email to me:) Here's my take on saying there are books you read that your son didn't, you'...
Oct.07.2009 - 11:19 am
In response to: Why We Do This Stuff -- A Reminder
Fascinating
I just read your blog about uploading your books onto Kindle and I'm fascinated. Thanks so much for sharing the...
Oct.07.2009 - 10:59 am
In response to: Why We Do This Stuff -- A Reminder
Wow! I Just Learned A Lot!
That was an incredibly informative and interesting commment. Thanks so much. I didn't mean to malign the Kindle, just...
Sep.30.2009 - 5:04 pm
In response to: Everything I Know About Writing, I Learned From A Children's Book (Part 1)
be what you would seem to be
Glad you liked it! I could read Alice In Wonderland a thousand times and never get tired of it!
Sep.15.2009 - 11:37 am
In response to: Wash Down Those Recriminations with Cupcakes And Water
how to trade them in
You have two options. Return them to SIGG -- you pay postage but you get a new water bottle with a BPA-free lining....

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Dashka Slater...has written a stunning, poetic first novel about appearances and disappearances, about family legacies, religious belief and cultural inheritances”
—The San Jose Mercury News

About Dashka

Dashka Slater is the recipient of a 2004 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her novel, The Wishing Box (Chronicle, 2000), was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, which called it “an impish novel...
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