Donna L Martin's THE STORY CATCHER

Some of you first met me during Tara Lazar's wonderful PiBoIdMo challenge where we all raced to come up with 30 picture book idea...

I like to dance.  I'm not saying I'm any good at it.  But I love to do it...by myself...in the privacy of my own home....

When I was in middle school, my mother would make me wear scarves to school on cold winter days.  I didn't like it because it made ...

Yesterday I received the good news I've been waiting almost a year to hear.  My poor broken house was finally getting fixed. ...

Some of you have heard about the Children's Festival of Reading that is coming to my city on Saturday, May 19th.  If you haven't, y...

There are so many factors to creating a good story for a writer to consider.  Strong characters, showing not telling, and writing for a sp...

Who doesn't remember sitting down to a hot bowl of alphabet soup on a cold winter morning as a child? There is something heart warming ...