Laurent Linn – WPA SCBWI Illustrators’ Day
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN ILLUSTRATOR TO ATTEND THIS FABULOUS EVENT! Registration is open! What: Illustrator’s Day (Create a mock project...
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Kate Dopirak
- Aug 19, 2014
Writing Tip from Puppy: Pay Attention
I learn a lot from my puppy. One of the things she’s teaching me is to pay attention, and I think it’s improving my writing. When I...
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Kate Dopirak
- Aug 5, 2014
Writing Tip from Puppy: Take a Break
I learn a lot from my puppy. One of the things she’s teaching me is to take breaks, and I think it helps my writing. Frankie plays. She...
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Kate Dopirak
- Jul 24, 2014
How to Raise Readers (or the importance of a veggie plate)
I told my friend that my son wants to use his First Communion money to buy the entire I SURVIVED set, a historical fiction series...
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Kate Dopirak
- Apr 8, 2014
Katerina’s Wish by Jeannie Mobley
I am reading Jeannie Mobley’s KATERINA’S WISH to my boys, who are six and eight. The back of the book reads: What would I wish for, if I...
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Kate Dopirak
- Sep 21, 2013
WPA SCBWI Fall Conference
Mark you calendars! Book a babysitter! Hoard some chocolate! Whatever you need to do to get ready for the WPA SCBWI Fall Conference, do...
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Kate Dopirak
- Mar 12, 2013
I Guest Blogged for Easyread!
Check Out These Books: A Suggested Reading List for Kids Education.com Falling into a book – relating to a character or a place or a...
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Kate Dopirak
- Feb 18, 2013
I’m in PARENTS magazine! Woohoo!!!
Higher GroundThe steep hill leading to my new home mocked me. But I had baby weight to lose, and I was determined to conquer it.By Kate...
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Kate Dopirak
- Jan 16, 2013
Toasting Joe
At my brother’s 40th birthday party, lots of people made toasts: our parents, our uncle, our friend, our sister – the list goes on and...
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Kate Dopirak
- Dec 31, 2012
Nora Thompson – Congrats, Girl!
At our WPA SCBWI conference, illustrators had the chance to submit images for review. After lunch, we projected their art onto a big...
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Kate Dopirak
- Oct 27, 2012
Pink Panther and Erica S. Perl’s Chicken Butt!
My sons watched an episode of Pink Panther as I drove. I couldn’t see the screen, of course, but I loved listening to my boys. Here’s...
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Kate Dopirak
- Oct 8, 2012
Thank you, Jay Asher
Maybe at the 2013 conference, I’ll be brave enough to ask Jay to take a picture with me. Probably not. But maybe. . . Jay Asher was a...
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Kate Dopirak
- Oct 1, 2012
Thank you, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb
You’ve read (and fallen in love with) Kristin O’Donnell Tubb’s middle grade novel, Selling Hope, right? If you have read Selling Hope,...
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Kate Dopirak
- Sep 26, 2012
Call me Kate. Or Katie. Just call me maybe.
Sorry about referencing that song. You’re singing it now, aren’t you? Me too. I think it’s okay, though, because maybe music is...
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