Brain Burps About Books

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Direct download: 63_-_JibJab.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

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Direct download: 62_LaurelSnyder.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

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Pam Allyn is a literacy advocate who is changing the world. Yes, the entire world.

In this episode you'll hear

  • a Take5 Marketing Tip from Dianne de Las Casas: Study Guides
  • a Bookalicious Pam review: But I Love Him by Amanda Grace
  • a listener question from Marie Laderoute about the best way to publish: traditional or self?
  • my new digital product: How to Make a Smart Dummy

In the interview with Pam Allyn you'll hear:

  • the evil I did
  • Pam's unique and useable tips to get kids reading
  • me recommending (again) Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to NOT Reading
  • LitLife
  • LitWorld
  • Stand Up for Girls Day
Direct download: 61a_PamAllyn.mp3
Category:Supporting Literacy -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

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In the interview you'll hear  ...

  •  why Jonathan decided to write about a boy who is blind
  • magical rules and how to keep them
  • how he came to write such an adventure
  • you'll hear excerpts but no spoilers!
  • my prediction for this book
  • Jonathan call me a lunatic
  • me call the Schneider award the Sydney Taylor award which is so obviously wrong
  • the book that most influenced Jonathan in writing Peter Nimble
  • how JAWS relates to children's books and how I was in the movie
  • why fatal flaws are so important to characters
  • the problem with narrators
Direct download: 60_Auxier.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 10:17am EDT