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Take Care

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Take Care, a picture book about taking care of the world — and each other — came out this week. It’s illustrated by Giuliana Gregori. I write about where the idea for the book started over here and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Self Defense

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I see posts online at the start of each year with recommendations on “how authors should behave,” a list of things we should do and not do in the year ahead, mostly related to social media and reviews and writing … Continue reading →

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Putting it out to the universe…

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

My friend Kristen Lippert-Martin said recently that if there were things I wanted to do, I should just put them out there to the universe. She meant mentioning it to actual humans in the hopes that they might have connections … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on December 28, 2017 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

For the past few years, I’ve been compiling a list of new year’s resolutions from the kidlit community. This year’s list is out now, but instead of appearing in this space, I’m sending you over to my friend Rachael’s blog … Continue reading →

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Catching up

Posted on December 7, 2017 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Holy cow, it’s December. I’m way behind on updates but highlights from this fall mostly revolved around THIS IS JUST A TEST, my middle-grade novel with Wendy Shang. They included: -A review in the New York Times. This was huge … Continue reading →

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