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Baby Book Blog

Astronomy for babies? You bet. Hello, World! Solar System by Jill McDonald Is out of this world! STEM books for children are all the rage...

Kathleen Rice

Baby Book Blog

Six high-contrast books for babies. Did you know high-contrast designs stimulates a baby’s eyes? It also helps grow the visual center of ...

Brian Mast

The #1 mystery for all authors-to-be

Every person who ever wanted to be an author had to first unravel the #1 mystery of book creation. That mystery is this: How do I actuall...

T.M. Jacobs & Kat Rice

SOS... My Muse Is Drowning!

Hallelujah! You’re in a writing frenzy because the voices in your head (ideas) won’t shut up and are begging to be released. What’s more ...

T.M. Jacobs

Writing Prompts

Are writing prompts a waste of time? Perhaps this question occured to you, because you are remembering back to when your sixth grade Eng...

T.M. Jacobs

Reading as a Child

Recently Kathleen and I stopped at a small, quaint bookstore in Punta Gorda, Florida – named Cooperfish Books. We have passed this bookst...

T.M. Jacobs

Best Writing Advice Ever

We all have received advice on writing. What to do and what not to do. This guidance has come from writers and non-writers alike. There a...

T.M. Jacobs

Write What You Feel

As writers, we’ve all heard or even given the advice “Write about what you know.” This is especially doled out to the novice. This can wo...

Kathleen Rice

Writing a Children's Book?

Useful Information for children’s Authors Where to find Illustrators: This is a challenge many authors face. The following is a list of r...

T.M. Jacobs

Conversation with an Author

If you could meet one author, living or dead, who would it be? What would you talk about? This always brings up some great conversations ...

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