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Corey Rosen Schwartz on Writing with a Partner (and another giveaway)
Corey Rosen Schwartz is a picture book author and mother of two preschoolers. Her debut title Hop! Plop! was named an Eric Carle Museum “Picture Book of Distinction” in 2006. She joins me today to talk...
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PiBoIdMo Day 21: Corey Rosen Schwartz Digs Deep
I am not like most writers. Ideas don’t just slam into me while I am out for a walk. I don’t get “Aha!” moments while luxuriating in a steamy tub. I have to work hard for my ideas. I have to dig deep...
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PiBoIdMo Day 10: Corey Rosen Schwartz Never Dismisses an Idea (well, not...
by Corey Rosen Schwartz Last year, I participated in PiBoIdMo. At the end of the month, I had about 34 ideas on my list. Participants were writing to Tara with comments like “Oh, I am jumping out of my...
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Ryan Gosling’s Newest Book Pick
Yes, it’s finally here! Congratulations to my great friend, picture book champion and critique partner, Corey Rosen Schwartz. And a round of applause for Dan Santat, whom I knew would be the perfect...
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PiBoIdMo Day 17: Corey Rosen Schwartz Brainstorms in Themes
It’s November 17th and I only have four ideas on my PiBo list. You know, little things like “no power for a large chunk of November” got in the way of starting on time. My kids were home from school...
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Post-PiBo Day 1: Corey Rosen Schwartz Looks for What POPS (plus a prize!)
by Corey Rosen Schwartz So, you have your list of 30 or more ideas. Now what? First of all, DON’T STOP. Your mind is fertile right now. This is when most of my ideas come… the week after PiBoIdMo. The...
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A PiBoIdMo Success Story Launches Today! Goldi Rocks! (plus a giveaway)
Let me take you back to the first year of PiBoIdMo—2009. (For those unindoctrinated, that’s Picture Book Idea Month. Wait, can a picture book writer even use a highfalutin word like unindoctrinated? Or...
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PiBoIdMo Day 13: Corey Rosen Schwartz Gets Cooking (plus a prize!)
by Corey Rosen Schwartz Are you having trouble getting to 30 ideas? If you are, the reason is most likely because you are censoring yourself. DO NOT LISTEN to that internal voice saying “No, don’t put...
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Storystorm Day 20: “Titlestorming” by Corey Rosen Schwartz
by Corey Rosen Schwartz Most of my picture book ideas have come from my own children. Unfortunately, they are getting older so I am a little short on material lately. I can no longer rely on them to...
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STORYSTORM 2018 Day 5: Corey Rosen Schwartz Begs, Borrows & Steals
by Corey Rosen Schwartz Okay, it is Day 5 of Storystorm so hopefully by now you are getting in a groove and ideas are starting to flow. But if not…don’t panic. There is something you can do. BEG,...
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MOOTILDA’s Storystorm Success Story by Kirsti Call (plus a giveaway)
by Kirsti Call All three of my upcoming books originated from Storystorm ideas. MOOTILDA’S BAD MOOD, releasing September 1, was the result of a 2018 Storystorm brainstorming session with fellow author...
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