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Nonfiction Setting and My Comfy Chair

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:46:00 +0000

I’m fussy when it comes to choosing where to sit. The comfy chair or the well-worn red sofa? Lights on high or nicely dimmed? Soft throw blanket? Sometimes even in a restaurant, I ask to sit at a different table than the one the host chooses because it doesn’t feel right. My husband rolls his eyes.… more

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Swimming in a Sea of Ideas

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 30 May 2018 11:14:43 +0000

Where do successful nonfiction writers get their ideas? So many places! The topics a nonfiction writer can write about are limitless. Sure, some ideas have been written about before, but nonfiction writers take that as a challenge. They ask what unusual angle they might take or if there is a different (or better) format in which to deliver the information.… more

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Eileen Ryan Ewen

Vicki Palmquist — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:52:26 +0000

Miss Colfax's Light is a perfect example of the text and illustrations enhancing each other to make a picture book biography that is more than the sum of its parts. With our interview, we hope to help you look more deeply at Eileen Ryan Ewen's illustrations.

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Aimée Bissonette

Vicki Palmquist — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:00:15 +0000

In this interview with Aimée Bissonette, author of Miss Colfax’s Light, our Bookstorm™ this month, we asked about writing and researching this nonfiction picture book biography.

Aimée, thank you for sharing your experiences and discoveries with our readers. We’re excited about this book that showcases an Everyday Hero, one of America’s female lighthouse keepers.… more

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