by Deb Aronson | Nov 14, 2016 | Blog
Words Fail Me Well, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the meaning of this 2016 election. Words fail me. Still, my vow was to blog once a week, so I’ll leave you with this link. Please check it out: About the Brown Bookshelf Keep in Touch! Every month...
by Deb Aronson | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
Super-Hero-Themed Prairie Writers and Illustrators Day Conference Full of Discovery This is the third or fourth year I’ve gone to the SCBWI Illinois Prairie Writers and Illustrators Day at Harpers College in Palatine. I go because 1) it’s the main annual conference...
by Deb Aronson | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
My Path to Publication A few months ago I was asked to contribute to the Prairie Wind, the SCBWI Illinois Chapter’s monthly newsletter. They have a section titled “Tales from the Front” in which people (usually first-time authors) talk about their...
by Deb Aronson | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog
Rubbing Elbows with Other Authors Always Energizing Two weekends ago I helped host Ruth Spiro at the Champaign Barnes and Noble. Ruth is the author of Baby Loves Quarks and Baby Loves Astrophysics. These board books are so clever that I want to give them to every...
by Deb Aronson | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
Improvements in Kids Non-Fiction Corresponds to Changes in Museums When I grew up in Bethesda, MD, it was a sleepy suburb of Washington, DC. So it was easy to take school field trips to the Smithsonian and we did frequently. Although I have mostly good memories of...
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