I’m thrilled to be part of the faculty at the SCBWI Midwest convention “Marvelous Midwest” in Naperville, IL, May 3-5, 2019. I’ll be leading “Make It in Magazines,” a 50-minute breakout session that shows writers and illustrators the ins and out of submitting to and being published in children’s magazines. I can’t wait til May!

I was lucky enough to be able to interview two young inventors who each won an invention contest…these kids might just change the world!

The Parents’ Choice Awards were announced yesterday, and all the Cricket Media magazines won! I’m so proud to be a part of Click, ASK, and Muse and am especially pleased to have written the anchor article in the issue pictured with the award announcement:

 

The January issue of Click is appropriately titled “Brr!” and I was thrilled to contribute two articles:

A “Contributing Editor” has two jobs: writing (that’s the ‘contributing’ part) and editorial.  I’m part of a team that includes other incredibly talented editors and art designers, but here’s how the job breaks down for me:

“Contributing”: Sometimes I pitch ideas for the magazine, and sometimes I’m given assignments. For example, ASK has an upcoming issue about garbage and recycling. For that one, I pitched an article about a visit to a recycling center, and I was assigned an article about middens (ancient garbage dumps).

“Editor”: On the creative side, I help come up with issue ideas, am another set of eyes during reviews of art and article layouts, and consult on how a story reads. On the practical side, I proofread and copy edit.

Being a Contributing Editor means constant variety, and I love every minute of it!

This month I was lucky enough to have articles in ASK and Highlights, and I’m finishing off October with this article in Click!

I’m sharing some slimy love in October’s ASK with “The Sea’s Super Slimer,” my article about hagfish. This is one of my favorite articles ever; hagfish are so gross that it was really fun and interesting to learn about them!