Guest Posts

12 x 12 in 12 Guest Post  (Julie Hedlund’s site, September 4, 2012)

Mentor Texts: Market Your Book to Teachers (Darcy Pattison’s Fiction Notes site, January 28, 2013)

Mentor Texts: Teach Common Core Writing (Darcy Pattison’s Making the Common Core Practical site, January 28, 2013)

Write On, Mom Guest Post  (Jenny Lee Sulpizio’s site, February 1, 2013)

“Huddle Up: Critique Group Strategy” (Rate Your Story, March 20, 2013)

“Stealing Time: Where to Find Time When You Don’t Have Any Extra” (Writers on the Move, March 29, 2013)

“True Confessions of a Juggler: Time Management Tips for Every Writer” (DIYMFA, April 30, 2013)

Reading and Studying Mentor Texts (DIYMFA, August 16, 2013)

Overwhelmed? Overworked? Over-Committed? How to Keep Focus in 2014 (DIYMFA, January 8, 2014)

Using Character-Driven Picture Books as Mentor Texts to Improve Your Own Writing (Alayne Kay Christian’s blog, January 18, 2014)

Organization Tools and Tips for Submitting Your Work (Alayne Kay Christian, February 15, 2014)

How to Make Children’s Books Part of Your Everyday Language in Your Family (Raising Book Monsters, February 19, 2014)

Marcie Flinchum Atkins Challenges You to Steal Second, A Mentor Text Post on using 2nd person POV (ReFoReMo, March 1, 2015)

A Case of the Why Nots: How I Built (and am still building) My Platform (Alayne Kay Christian, April 18, 2015)

Picture Book Refrains: ReviMo May (Meg Miller, May 16, 2015)

Marcie Flinchum Atkins Reveals Back Matter as a Matter of Fact (ReFoReMo, March 2, 2016)

Strong Readers Engagement (ReFoReMo, February 27, 2017)

Deep Concept Books (ReFoReMo, March 19, 2018)

Author Study–Kate McMullan (Picture Book Summit, Summer 2018)

Author Study–LeUyen Pham (Picture Book Summit, Summer 2018)

Author Study–David Shannon (Picture Book Summit, Summer 2018)

First and Last Lines Mentor Texts (ReFoReMo, March 2019)

Informational Fiction Mentor Texts (ReFoReMo, March 2020)

Why I Write Expository Nonfiction (Melissa Stewart’s Blog, Info-licious Inspiration, September 27, 2021)

10 Tips for Finding Excellent Expository Nonfiction (Melissa Stewart’s Blog, Info-licious Inspiration, December 8, 2021)

Nod to Nonfiction: Using Focused Library Displays to Elevate Nonfiction (Melissa Stewart’s Blog, Celebrate Nonfiction, March 30, 2023)

Teaching Things We Feel (Rochelle Melander’s Blog, April 5, 2023)