Holiday Shopping – Judging A Book By Its Cover 14 Dec 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer On a recent trip to New York City, I ducked into the Scholastic Store. I was looking for a Christmas... Read More
My ALAN Conference Experience #alan13 03 Dec 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer Several months ago, Professor Joan Kaywell from the University of South Florida posed a question to me: “What are you... Read More
B&N Discovery Night Photo 23 Nov 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer Barnes and Noble kicked off the holiday shopping season with Discovery Night on November 22nd. I had the opportunity to... Read More
Discovery Night at Barnes & Noble 14 Nov 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer On November 22nd, I will be on an authors’ panel with Augusta Scattergood, Nancy Cavanaugh, and Rob Sanders. Hope you... Read More
Lorin Oberweger Talks About Voice 03 Nov 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a workshop taught by Lorin Oberweger. Lorin says that a Writer’s Voice equals... Read More
Tara Lazar’s Picture Book Idea Month! 25 Oct 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer I thought maybe this would be the year I would participate in National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, but one look... Read More
On The Wings of Angels 23 Oct 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer As a writer I often struggle for just the right word, just the right way to paint a scene, or... Read More
WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU By Tommy Hays 11 Oct 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer I loved Grover’s story. He’s a likable character and so is his sister, Sudie. Their mom was recently struck and... Read More
THE LAURA LINE by Crystal Allen 04 Oct 2013Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer I first picked up this book because of its cover. When I saw the family tree, I was pretty sure... Read More