Friendship in Picture Books — A Workshop with Tamar Brazis 20 Jan 2012Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer At the Miami SCBWI Conference, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop taught by Tamar Brazis, Editorial Director at... Read More
GLORY BE An Interview With Augusta Scattergood 10 Jan 2012Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer Augusta is one of my writer friends living here in the Tampa Bay Area. I was delighted to attend her... Read More
My Holiday Reading List 17 Dec 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer One of the nicest parts of Christmas is having leisure time to read to my heart’s content. It seems the... Read More
FLYAWAY by Lucy Christopher 22 Nov 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer While browsing in my local Barnes & Noble, I was struck by all of the “cookie cutter” books on the... Read More
SECOND SIGHT by Cheryl Klein 02 Nov 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer Reasons to read SECOND SIGHT: 1. It will improve your work-in-progress. On page 17 Ms. Klein writes, “I am extremely... Read More
Mary Kole’s Webinar 10 Oct 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer I recently attended Mary Kole’s webinar through Writer’s Digest University. First off, I had never participated in a webinar, and... Read More
Picture Book Biographies 13 Sep 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer My favorite kind of illustrated books are picture book biographies. The ones I adore most are of unsung heroes like... Read More
Writing That First Page 08 Sep 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer For me writing the first page is the hardest part of writing a novel. I’ll compare it to meeting someone... Read More
Writing Conference Blues 19 Aug 2011Shannon Hitchcock Childrens Writer An acquaintance of mine confessed that she cried all the way home from a recent SCBWI conference. I am not... Read More