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Tip Number 10: Tap Into Classroom Adventures

Tip Number 9: Head to the Library

Tip Number 8: Write from a Personal Place

Tip Number 7: Mine Memory Moments

Tip Number 6: Travel New Places

Tip Number 5: Take a Deep Dive When You Revise

Tip Number 4: Explore Outdoors

Tip Number 3: Find Nooks and Crannies

Tip Number 2: Learn and Collaborate

Tip Number 1: Celebrate and Create

I’m signing off for the summer to focus on revising. This episode has me ready to write, and I hope it’s done the same for you, too. If it has, please be sure to share this episode with someone who could use it,  write a review, and let me know which tip helped you out.

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On June 22nd, I will be participating in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in Boston. I will be walking 16 miles to raise money to stop suicide. If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way ever, if it has made you a better teacher or a better writer, or even brought a smile to your face, please click here if you’re reading the show notes or go to the show notes and click on the link to make a donation to stop suicide. 

This heartwarming episode is dedicated from Andrew and me in loving memory to Sergeant Patrick Clarke Cumming. Please listen to the end of the episode to find out more about this amazing young man.

During this episode, Andrew Hacket and I talk about stealing moments to write, giving back to the community and being true to ourselves. Let’s get started.

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Chloe Ito Ward talks about mining memory moments, authenticity, and celebrating the present.

For our next episode, please read debut author Andrew Hacket’s picture book Ollie the Acorn and the Mighty Idea which celebrates the power of kindness. If you happen to live in Massachusetts, Andrew has two launch events this weekend. On Saturday, April 13th, he’ll be at the Silver Unicorn in Acton at 11 AM. On Sunday, April 14th, he’s teaming up with Tidepool Bookshop and Overlook Farm in Rutland. He’ll be at Overlook Farm from 11-1 on Sunday.

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Tom Bober, and I talk about making history 3-D, the power of collaboration, and taking things off of our plates.

For our next episode, please read debut author Chloe Ito Ward’s honest, anti-racist, heartwarming picture book Love Grows Here.

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On today’s show with author and educator, C.K. Malone, we talk about sitting down and getting to work, that tomorrow is a new day, and that anyone can succeed.

Have you reviewed the show? If not, please do so and help me turn 24 in 2024 from a dream into a reality. By doing so, you’ll be entered to win a copy of CK Malone’s A Costume for Charly. Thanks in advance for helping me out.

To prep for our next episode with elementary librarian and author, Tom Bober, be sure to peruse his latest book Literature and Primary Sources or listen to his podcast The Primary Source Podcast.

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Janelle Harper talks about reclaiming narratives, positive phrasing, and creating safe spaces

To prep for our next episode with picture book author and secondary educator C.K. Malone, be sure to read their fabulous debut picture book, A Costume for Charly, which features an innovative bigender character who creates a Halloween costume that reflects their whole self.

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Brooke Hartman talks about the power of social media, breaking through the fourth wall, and staying true to the original story.

To prep for our next episode with Bronx author Janelle Harper, be sure to read her fabulous debut picture book, My Block Looks Like, which is illustrated by the incomparable Frank Morrison.

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Jen Gennari, author of Muffled and My Mixed Up Berry-Blue Summer, talks about flagging filter words, personifying drafts, and cultivating artistic vision.

To win a critique or a virtual author's visit, go to www.katenarita.com/podcast during the month of March and leave a comment on Jen's post saying which giveaway you'd like to win. Good luck!

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In this episode with Gita Varadarajan we talk about national boundaries dissolving in the classroom, writing as therapy, and the power of writing partnerships.

Gita is as delightful as her books Save Me a Seat and My Bindi, which a lucky listener can be eligible to win simply by sharing this episode on social media and tagging Gita and me.

To prep for our next episode with Alaskan author Brooke Hartman, be sure to read one of her fabulous picture books such as The Littlest Airplane or Dream Flights on Arctic Nights.

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Mk Smith Despres talks about all the different kinds of walks they take from the everything-is-the-worst walk, to the there’s-a-problem-in-the text walk, to the walking-with-the-kids walk.

But most of all, this episode focuses on the importance of relationships–relationships with our editors, our students, and our writing process.

You can preorder Mk Smith Despres' debut picture book from  Imaginary Bookshop or The Eric Carle Museum.

To prep for our next episode with Gita Varadarajan, be sure to read her new picture book My Bindi and reread the fabulous novel she co-authored with Sarah Weeks, Save Me a Seat.

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