Authoring Onward

In between writing Dead Man’s Jazz and refilling my kids’ bubble machine, I’ve got a great interview for y’all today with picture book author Andi Cann. She’s written numerous children’s books with some truly fun character names. Have a listen and enjoy reading and writing. I’ll be back in two weeks with another awesome author.

Andi grew up in the Midwest area of the United States. Her early life was rich with books, reading, and library visits. Nancy Drew was one of her best friends! Mrs. Gladieux, the town librarian, encouraged her love of reading, allowing her to check out many more books than were allowed! Andi’s stories are about children learning to embrace their uniqueness, find friends, or stand up for themselves. She loves art and architecture. You will find that her books either feature artists or the illustrations themselves are very artistic.

Andi’s memorable characters include Mr. Hoopeyloops, Rex, Alabama Oh, Jojo, Puddles, and MerryLyn, with many more on the horizon.

After a robust career in business, Andi has returned to her first love by creating books that make a difference for people. Andi, the mother of two grown children, lives in Arizona with her husband, chickens, a chocolate lab named Willow, and countless free range bunnies. She loves art, animals, traveling, and reading good books!

Andi’s Amazon page

Andi’s website

Aaaand we’re back!  The podcast isn’t dead but coming back at you with lots of great interviews from authors in the children’s and young adult literature space. I’ve got quite a few interviews in the can, so to speak, so you can expect a new episode roughly every two weeks for the next few months.

Today I chat with Lisa Van der Wielen, author of multiple picture books, including Vegetarian Polony and Luna Lucy. Have a listen and hear all about picture book writing, writing in rhyme and much more!

Aaaand we’re back!  The podcast isn’t dead but coming back at you with lots of great interviews from authors in the children’s and young adult literature space. I’ve got quite a few interviews in the can, so to speak, so you can expect a new episode roughly every two weeks for the next few months.

Today I chat with Lisa Van der Wielen, author of multiple picture books, including Vegetarian Polony and Luna Lucy. Have a listen and hear all about picture book writing, writing in rhyme and much more!

A dog at a dog park stumbles into the past…and the fascinating world of trolley parks! Today on the podcast, I interview Lenna Kutner about her time-travel, historical book for middle grade readers, The Magic of Norumbega. Have a listen and hear about writing, trolley parks, the real place behind the book, and more.

You can find more from Lenna at her website.

A dog at a dog park stumbles into the past…and the fascinating world of trolley parks! Today on the podcast, I interview Lenna Kutner about her time-travel, historical book for middle grade readers, The Magic of Norumbega. Have a listen and hear about writing, trolley parks, the real place behind the book, and more.

You can find more from Lenna at her website.

For the first interview, I chat with Michael Bailey about writing, women in superhero stories and more. If you are in the Worcester, MA area, don’t miss his appearance on a superhero fiction panel in Annie’s Book Stop at 1 this Saturday, July 8th.

For the first interview, I chat with Michael Bailey about writing, women in superhero stories and more. If you are in the Worcester, MA area, don’t miss his appearance on a superhero fiction panel in Annie’s Book Stop at 1 this Saturday, July 8th.

Welcome to day 10 of the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

Listening to historical music can really help historical fiction writers to get in character and even inspire the story itself. As I’m writing about the transition from WWI disarmament into the emerging Jazz Age, I’m sharing some public domain recordings of early Jazz from the Original Dixieland Jass Band/Original Dixieland Jazz Band (in the early days it was spelled either way).

To start with, here’s the first Jazz single ever recorded, touched up for listening clarity by Adam Cuerden:

1917: Livery Stable Blues

And some more ODJB:

1917: Dixie Jass One Step

1918: Tiger Rag

1921: Jazz Me Blues

Welcome to day 10 of the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

Listening to historical music can really help historical fiction writers to get in character and even inspire the story itself. As I’m writing about the transition from WWI disarmament into the emerging Jazz Age, I’m sharing some public domain recordings of early Jazz from the Original Dixieland Jass Band/Original Dixieland Jazz Band (in the early days it was spelled either way).

To start with, here’s the first Jazz single ever recorded, touched up for listening clarity by Adam Cuerden:

1917: Livery Stable Blues

And some more ODJB:

1917: Dixie Jass One Step

1918: Tiger Rag

1921: Jazz Me Blues