Author Malcolm Newsome is our guest on today's #FirstDraftFriday to share how his touching and much needed debut came about. Read on to...

It's still snowy here where I live, but it's fun to think about spring coming for real...one of these days! So I enjoyed writing an entry...

Author-illustrator Marietta Apollonio is here for March's #FirstDraftFriday! This is the first time we've featured an author-illustrator,...

Let's get February rolling with #FirstDraftFriday and author Angela Pham Krans! Read on to get inspired and then draft your own picture...

#FirstDraftFriday 2023 is underway, and we've got debut author Kelly Swemba here to share about her heartfelt new book, MISSING VIOLET....

Happy New Year 2023! We're celebrating not just the holiday today but also the second anniversary of #FirstDraftFriday! When I launched...

#FirstDraftFriday is rolling into its third year, and I couldn't be more excited! It's been a blast interviewing authors and learning how...

#FirstDraftFriday 2022 is drawing to a close, but we've got one more day—today—to chat with a great author and learn from their success!...

It's the second-to-last #FirstDraftFriday of 2022 (Can you believe it?), and we've got author Stephanie Wildman here to talk about her...

It's baaaaaack! Brian Gehrlein is running #PBCritiqueFest for the fourth time, and this is your chance to get a pro's eyes on your...

Author Matt Forrest Esenwine is here this #FirstDraftFriday with "Pro Tips" on drafting picture books and with a new book, which...

Author CK Malone is today's #FirstDraftFriday guest, and they have—as Jane Yolen would say—put "heart on page" with their debut picture...

Shirin Shamsi is here this #FirstDraftFriday to share how her forthcoming picture book, THE MOON FROM DEHRADUN: A STORY OF PARTITION,...

Rhymer extraordinaire Rebecca Gardyn Levington is here this #FirstDraftFriday to share about her debut picture book and how she "plays"...

Debut picture book author Stephen Briseño is today's #FirstDraftFriday guest, and he has an amazing story to share that just proves you...

It's #FirstDraftFriday!! We've got guest author Debbie Zapata here to dish on her just-released debut picture book, UP AND ADAM, and to...

The Spring Fling Writing Contest is upon us once again. And once again, I couldn't resist writing about a regional spring tradition:...

It may be April Fools' Day but this is no joke...it's #FirstDraftFriday! Read on to be inspired by guest author Chelsea Lin Wallace, then...

To enter Vivian Kirkfield's 50 Precious Words Contest, you must write a complete story for kids 12 and under using ONLY 50 WORDS or less....

Woohoo, we're marching toward spring! And what better way to welcome the new season than with a new picture book draft during...