Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Book Hub’
How I Spent My Summer Blog-cation
I wish I could say I spent my blog-cation doing what this cat is doing. That wasn’t quite the case, actually. š Part of my blog-cation, I was actually BLOGGING. Not here, except for one post, but I did manage a post a week on my new Starborn Revue blog, which is devoted to the…
Read MoreAccolades for Emma — Children’s Book Hub
In December 2010/January 2011, Emma Walton Hamilton started the Childrenās Book Hub, which is billed as āthe center of information, resources and support for childrenās book authors.ā In part six of my serialized interview with Emma, she talked about the Hub, about how and why she started it, and what her hopes and dreams are…
Read MoreThursdays with Emma Walton Hamilton — Interview Excerpt, part EIGHT
We have come to the last excerpt of my interview with Emma Walton Hamilton for the Children’s Book Hub. I have appreciated the opportunity to share it with you, and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it. You may not know that Emma independently published her book Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment,…
Read MoreThursdays with Emma Walton Hamilton — Interview Excerpt, Part SEVEN
Thank you for joining me for this seventh excerpt from the interview I did with Emma Walton Hamilton back in January, for the Children’s Book Hub. Besides the myriad other things Emma does, which we have talked about in previous excerpts, she also is director of the Stony Brook Southampton Children’s Literature Conference (which I…
Read MoreSusan Verde, Debut Author — Interview
I met Susan Verde last summer, on the first day of the Stony Brook Southampton Children’s Literature Conference, when Pat Tilton eagerly introduced us to each other as fellow Children’s Book Hub members and picture book writers. I soon learned that Susan was looking forward to the publication of her first picture book, and I…
Read MoreThursdays with Emma Walton Hamilton — Interview Excerpt, Part SIX
Thank you for joining me for this excerpt from my interview with Emma Walton Hamilton for the Children’s Book Hub. Emma is the founder and administrator of the online “salon for writers and illustrators” that is the Children’s Book Hub. She started it just over two years ago, and in this excerpt of the interview,…
Read MoreThursdays with Emma Walton Hamilton — Interview Excerpts, Part FOUR
As I have done for the past few weeks, today I’m sharing an excerpt from the interview I did with Emma Walton Hamilton for the Children’s Book Hub on January 8, 2013. Emma is a bestselling writer, along with her mother, Julie Andrews, of picture books, easy reader/chapter books and middle grade novels. She is…
Read MoreThursdays with Emma Walton Hamilton — Interview Excerpts Part THREE
This continues the serialization of an oral interview I did with Emma Walton Hamilton, founder of the Children’s Book Hub, for the Hub on January 8, 2013. Today we’re learning about Emma’s background and training in the theatre. From the “Meet Emma” page on Emma’s website: Emma worked as an actress in theater, film and…
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