Building Writerly Resources: Just the Right Word

Many years ago, I attended a writing class with the incomparable Melanie Crowder that completely changed the way I wrote.

Building Writerly Resources: KidLit Nonfiction Awards

By Susan Wroble This past summer, my planned presentation on award-winning nonfiction books took a tangent. I realized that instead

On Writing: Stepping UP

By Susan Wroble, August 2021 I love the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Picture Books: The Path to Submission

I put this flowchart together for the Denver South Connect & Critique Group of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI

The thing about jellyfish

By Susan Wroble Ali Benjamin’s book The thing about jellyfish has rightly won well over a dozen awards, from National

Finding the Time…

For the past two decades or so, I’ve struggled with that all-too-familiar question: How to find the time to write? 

Cocoon!

I was born with a hip that didn’t fit quite right, so I always knew I was going to be

On Writing: What Makes a Great Book?

By Susan Wroble I picked up Leila Sales’ amazing book Once Was a Time at the library last week. Immediately, I was