Sat, 7 May 2016
I’ve got a sneak peek at something new you might want to know about… Writing for Children Podcast Episode 000 (a little preview) Hi, I’m Katie Davis. I started Brain Burps About Books back in 2010 and continued it for 6 years and 247 episodes. I wanted to give you a little head’s up that I’m creating a new show now. As the Director of the Institute of Children's Literature, I wanted to do a show focusing more on craft. This show will be shorter, have tips and links to great resources for children’s writers, whether you write for pre-k, mg, teens or inbetween. Yes! We will have weekly downloadable transcripts, something my previous subscribers always wanted, and they’ll include extra tips and links! We’ll have a weekly Q&A, and if your question is featured on the show, you’ll receive our heavy canvas tote with the gorgeous new ICL logo embroidered on the pocket. We’ll be having a huge giveaway to celebrate the launch, with prizes worth almost $2,000. If you want to know when that happens, go to writingforchildren.com and sign up so you won’t miss a thing (and as a ty for signing up, you get the first two chapters of How to Write a Children's Book FREE)! I’m super excited about this and hope you’re going to love it, and learn from it too! Again, sign up at writingforchildren.com. |
Fri, 30 October 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #245 Stuff That Gets in the Way of WritingAnnouncementsJust a quick note to let you know that I’m starting a new podcast soon called Writing for Children (if I haven’t already started by the time you hear this). Want to know more? It’s going to be pretty awesome and very different from this show. Go to writingforchildren.com to learn more.
This week we're talking about stuff that gets in the way of writing
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:35pm EST |
Fri, 4 September 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #240 Followers + Fear = Super BadAnnouncementsJust a quick note to let you know that I’m starting a new podcast soon called Writing for Children (if I haven’t already started by the time you hear this). Want to know more? It’s going to be pretty awesome and very different from this show. Go to writingforchildren.com to learn more.
This week's guest is YOU!Tune in to hear the answer to these burning writer questions and fears:
Resources mentioned in this episode
Direct download: 240-Followers__Fear__Super_Bad.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 7 August 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #237 How Much Do You Edit Out?
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Fri, 15 May 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #227 Defining Magical RealismAn Interview with Laura RubyAnnouncements
Appearances
This Week's Guest is Laura Ruby!This week’s guest is Laura Ruby. Laura is one of my BFF's and she also writes fiction for adults, teens and children. She is the author of the newly-released YA novel BONE GAP*, as well as the Edgar-nominated children's mystery LILY'S GHOSTS, the ALA Quick Pick for teens GOOD GIRLS (2006), a collection of interconnected short stories about blended families for adults, I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS (2007), and the forthcoming middle-grade trilogy YORK. She is on the faculty of Hamline University's Masters in Writing for Children Program. She makes her home in the Chicago area. Laura and I talk about
* I did receive a free advanced copy of BONE GAP and I am happy to call Laura Ruby my friend.
Direct download: Defining_Magical_Realism.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 16 January 2015
Brain Burps About Books Podcast #212 Why SkippyjonJones Almost Skipped the ShowClick to tweet about this week's episodeAnnouncements
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Marketing Question of the Week
This Week's Guest is Judy Schachner!Described by the New York Times as “…something like the James Joyce for the elementary school – set…”, Judy Schachner is the #1 NY Times Best Selling Author/Illustrator of over 23 books for children including Bits & Pieces, the Skippyjon Jones series, Yo Vikings, The Grannyman and Willy and May. She has won many awards including the first E. B. White Read Aloud Award. Judy and I talk about
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 14 November 2014
Click to tweet about this week's episodeAnnouncements
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This Week's GuestChris Barton is the author of the picture books Shark vs Train (a New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller) and The Day-Glo Brothers (winner, American Library Association Sibert Honor), as well as the young adult nonfiction thriller Can I See Your I.D.? True Stories of False Identities. Chris and I talk about
Note to my podcast listenersWhen I was listening to Fresh Air on NPR I thought, "Hey! I could do that, but with children's publishing as my focus!" That's how Brain Burps About Books got started. Writing is so solitary. I thought it would be a great way to get to talk to my friends and make new ones, plus I could help others learn. Maybe I'd learn some stuff myself, too. I've had the privilege of talking to the first three National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature, to librarians and New York Time's bestselling authors. I've interviewed to booksellers and publishers, writers, illustrators, app creators, and app distributors, and more! There is always something new on the horizon to learn and to share. So many listeners have asked how to support the show, and actually, now you can. I've installed a donate button to help defray the costs of producing the show. What do you learn or get out of Brain Burps every week? If it's worth donating a dollar, two dollars, five, or whatever you think the show is worth to you, it would help enormously. The show costs $20 a month to keep on the server, and that's only if there are four shorter episodes in a month. That number doesn't include other costs like my time to research and record, post, edit the intros and outros, web hosting, and equipment and software to do all this. I ended up loving podcasting. I love my listeners. My "Burpers!" This is my gig, I know. and like I said, it's an incredible experience for me. But if you've you've been helped, or just love it too, and you're able, here's your opportunity to help defray the costs. No matter what, thank you for being a Burper!
Direct download: Shark_vs_Train_vs_Chris_Barton_vs_Katie_Davis.mp3
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Fri, 31 October 2014
Announcements
1-Go to http://bit.ly/1rxoGdF 2-Click VIEW ON iTUNES 3-Click RATINGS & REVIEWS 4-Click WRITE A REVIEW 5-Enter the Rafflecopter here. Check out the deets and the 200th episode celebration here.
Reviews
This week’s guest is Tara Lazar, author of the picture book illustrated by James Burks, The Monstore, and creator of Picture Book Idea Month, aka, PiBoIdMo. (You may even learn how to say it, too.) Tara and I talk about
Direct download: How_To_Get_Ideas_For_Your_Picture_Book.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Thu, 23 October 2014
To celebrate my 200th episode I wanted to go big. Go big or go home, right? So this is a three parter: 1. A free info-packed webinar for you, my listener. Your ticket is an honest review of the podcast, which you can write by clicking here, then clicking the VIEW IN iTUNES button, then click RATINGS AND REVIEWS and then WRITE A REVIEW. 2. Let us know you did it by entering your email into the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this page so we can notify you the details for joining the webinar. 3. I'll donate $1,000 to this charity if I get 40 new honest reviews by November 1. Are you ready to crank up your career? Crank It Up October is open for registration! Four weeks of group coaching with me at a steal of a price. Find out all the deets here.
This week’s guests are:
Direct download: Writerly_Advice_a_Free_Webinar_and_a_1000_Donation.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 8:45pm EST |
Fri, 3 October 2014
New Crank It Up with Katie! session starting soon! Check it out here: CoursesForWriters.com/crankitup
This week’s guest is CJ Lyons http://cjlyons.net/ Julie Falatko reviews The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
· This week’s guest is award-winning as well as critically acclaimed New York Times and Amazon AND USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons.
Direct download: 197_-_CJ_Lyons-No_Rules_Just_WRITE.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 19 September 2014
Learn Scrivener Fast with The Scrivener Coach: an interview with The Scrivener Coach In this episode I speak to Joseph Nicoletti, aka The Scrivener Coach. He talks about how he went from failed pizza delivery boy to teaching writers how to use Scrivener to make them better writers! And by the way, if you want to learn Scrivener fast, join Joe and me for a totally free webinar. Click here, and come watch this webinar where Joe'll be teaching all this: 1. How To Get Up & Running With Scrivener Quickly. 2. Simple Tricks For Organizing & Working With All of Your Writing Using The Binder 3. How To Export Your Book Into Various Formats Including .Mobi, .ePub, .PDF, Doc, & more. 4. How To Edit & Save Every Single Version of Your Work (Worry Free) 5. A Few Jaw-Dropping Tips & Tricks To Wow Your Peers With ;-) We also have a review from Julie Falatko of Zack Rock's Homer Henry Hudson's Curio Museum
Direct download: Learn_Scrivener_Fast_with_The_Scrivener_Coach.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 5 September 2014
• Club Burp-a-Palooza Imagine: you sign up, it's only .19¢ a day, and you win something worth $25 or $50, $100 $300 or more! You gotta be in it to win it! Go to http://www.katiedavis.com/clubburp to check it out • Did you hear about the FREE course I'm giving away on CoursesForWriters.com? It's called 100 Things Every Writer Must Do To Succeed Online • This week's guest is New York Times best selling writer and freelance editor Emma Walton Hamilton. She’s created an incredible system that empowers writers and will help you prepare your manuscript for publication. Emma Walton Hamilton's Editor-in-a-Box will save you a ton of money, too, if you're hiring an editor. Why? Because you'll skip a lot of the editing errors you would have paid for with the editor! Cool part is you get to use it on every book you plan to publish! You can get it here: http://katiedavis.com/editor . • We have a review from Heather Preusser of The Tell-Tale Start (Misadventures of Edgar/Allan) by Gordon McAlpine
Some of the links here are referral links. That means I've told you about something I'm very impressed with. I've only told you about it because I'm impressed. If you decided to purchase what I've recommended, you do not pay any more but I'll get a referral fee.
Direct download: How_to_Be_Your_Own_Editor_with_Emma_Walton_Hamilton.mp3
Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 8:57am EST |
Fri, 18 July 2014
This week's episode is with Bianca Turetsky. Bianca is the author of the stylish Time-Traveling Fashionista series, which has been translated into nine languages. The three books include The Time-Traveling Fashionista The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette The Time-Traveling Fashionista and Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
Click here for Bianca's Etsy shop and her awesome Mother-daughter book club kit and listen in as I give Bianca on ways to spiff up her Etsy store
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 12:51pm EST |
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Direct download: 5_Young_Adults_Writers_Talk_About_Writing__Books__Bad_Boys-Part2.mp3
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Fri, 16 May 2014
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 4:01pm EST |
Fri, 11 April 2014
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 3:00am EST |
Fri, 14 March 2014
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Fri, 28 February 2014
Episode 168
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 10:51am EST |
Fri, 14 February 2014
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Fri, 31 January 2014
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 4:00am EST |
Wed, 15 January 2014
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Tue, 26 November 2013
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Tue, 5 November 2013
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Wed, 28 August 2013
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Wed, 21 August 2013
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Tue, 2 July 2013
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Category:The Craft of Writing -- posted at: 2:35pm EST |
Tue, 11 December 2012
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Wed, 28 November 2012
#121 - What does Every Friday Have in Common with Jacques Cousteau, Oswald the Octopus, The Backyardigans, (and Other Nick Jr. Shows)?
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Wed, 14 November 2012
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Wed, 31 October 2012
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Wed, 26 September 2012
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Wed, 1 August 2012
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Mon, 5 September 2011
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Mon, 22 August 2011
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Wed, 20 July 2011
Raina Telgemeier is the author/illustrator of the fabulous tween graphic novel, Smile and the illustrator of the graphic novel version of The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and Mean Janine. Please call in your feedback, questions, or comments for the show to 888-522-1929 |
Wed, 6 July 2011
This is a brief recap of ALA, and an interview with Kid Chef Eliana, whose summer plan is to what - go to camp? No. Write her next (yep, not her first) cookbook!
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Tue, 21 June 2011
In this episode you will get to listen to NY Times bestseller Dave Roman, graphic novel author and illustrator of the new book, Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity Please call in your feedback, questions, or comments for the show to 888-522-1929 |
Wed, 15 June 2011
In this episode you will get to listen to Carolyn Crimi talk about the creation of Dear Tabby, her new fab book with illustrator David Roberts. Please call in your feedback, questions, or comments for the show to 888-522-1929 Or email your input to katiedavis@katiedavis.com Tweet me: @KatieDavisBurps |
Wed, 27 April 2011
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Tue, 19 April 2011
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Wed, 30 March 2011
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Wed, 16 March 2011
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