children

Episode 28: “A Collaboration” (Feat. Maggie Tokuda-Hall)

Episode 28: “A Collaboration” (Feat. Maggie Tokuda-Hall)

This week I’m joined by kidlit author Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Maggie shares how illustrators amplified the messages in her picture books, why she worked with women editors for her feminist graphic novel, and what she did with her overedited, totally trunked manuscript. Plus we dive into our objectively perfect #StetPet personalities.

Episode 16: "A Hard Lesson" (Feat. Lisa Owens)

Episode 16: "A Hard Lesson" (Feat. Lisa Owens)

Prolific children's writer and veteran editor Lisa L. Owens how writing and editing children's books, from picture books to YA, can take different processes based on the author's goals to either self-publish or work with a traditional publisher. We cover which professional organizations we find meaning in, the perils of fact-checking, and how she handled one big publishing mistake.