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The WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW Blog Tour Begins!

Posted February 24th, 2023

First stop on the WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW blog tour: Andrew Hacket’s The Backstory, where we chat all about the behind-the-scenes making of the book! Enjoy!

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Virtual interview with Julie Hedlund, founder of the 12×12 Writing Challenge. I’ll be reading my book, WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW, and answering questions about the making of the book and my writing journey.  Register here!

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Past Interviews & Appearances:

  • Whatever Comes Tomorrow Book Birthday Celebration at the Summit Free Public Library! Shared the book and made Mayan “worry dolls” with the kids (March 11, 2023)
  • Vicinity Magazine (March 2023 issue), p.6
  • Interview on Barefoot Book’s Website about Whatever Comes Tomorrow
  • Interview and Review on Susanna Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday (March 10, 2023)
  • Interview on Picture Book Builders with Jill Esbaum (March 7, 2023)
  • Interview on Jena Benton’s Simply 7 blog (March 2, 2023)
  • Interview on Andrew Hacket’s The Backstory (Feb. 23, 2023)
  • TV interview with Rocco Staino on the LIVE! Publisher Spotlight Spring 2023 KidLit Showcase!  Interview is at the 25 min mark. (Feb. 7, 2023)
  • Guest post on The Writer’s Rumpus about how working at arms-length with illustrators creates KidLit MAGIC! (Jan. 27, 2023)
  • Guest post on Tara Lazar’s STORYSTORM 2023, Day 15 (Jan. 15, 2023)
  • Poet Feature on The Dirigible Balloon, an online children’s poetry web-zine, Jan. 1, 2023
  • Interview on Ellen Leventhal’s blog, Jan. 1, 2023
  • Interview with the Summit, NJ Patch (Dec. 13, 2022)
  • NJ Association of School Librarians Conference, Atlantic City, NJ. Dec. 4-5, 2022
  • WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW Cover Reveal on author Vivian Kirkfield’s blog.
  • BRAINSTORM! on Sara Kruger’s “First Lines” blog. I discuss how I came up with the first line of the book. (Nov. 2022)
  • Author’s Day at Chester Public Library (Nov. 5, 2022)
  • Summit Free Public Library BRAINSTORM! event (Oct. 22, 2022)
  • West Jersey Reading Council Fall Conference (Oct. 19, 2022)
  • Maplewood/South Orange Book Festival, Maplewood, NJ (10/2/22)
  • Rye Children’s Book Festival, Rye, NY (10/1/22)
  • Story time & Signing at Indigo Books, Short Hills (9/24/22)
  • Interview with Rochelle Melander on Tales for The Mighty Writer
  • Interview with fellow KidLit Caravan authors on Cynsations
  • Interview on Andrew Hackett’s The Backstory
  • Review from Dianne White on ReaderKidz.com
  • Interview on Picture Book Spotlight
  • Interview on Writer’s Rumpus
  • Interview on Susanna Hill’s Tuesday Debut
  • Interview with Jena Benton on her “Simply 7” blog
  • Interview with fellow KidLit Caravan authors on The Picture Book Buzz with Maria C. Marshall
  • Interview with illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi, along with BRAINSTORM!’s illustrator Kate Kronreif
  • Interview on the KidLit Creatives blog
  • Interview on the Picturebooking Podcast with Nick Patton
  • BRAINSTORM! on Picture Book Builders with Jill Esbaum
  • BRAINSTORM! on Writing & Illustrating with Kathy Temean
  • BRAINSTORM! on #FirstDraftFriday, Hollie Wolverton’s Blog
  • Cover reveal for BRAINSTORM! on author Vivian Kirkfield’s blog.
  • BRAINSTORM! and KidLit Caravan featured on Tara Lazar’s blog, Writing for Kids (While Raising Them).
  • Watch me read my poem, “Our Walk To School,” from the award-winning children’s poetry anthology: Hop To It: Poems To Get You Moving (Pomelo Books, 2020) on Michelle Schaub’s blog, Poetry Boost: Using Poetry to Boost Literacy.
  • Watch the mini-movie of my poem, “Our Walk To School,” on Sylvia Vardell’s blog, Poetry for Children. 

Awards & Accolades 

  • Chosen as one of 20 picture book authors (out of 120!) to attend the PJ Library Picture Book Summer Camp for Emerging Jewish Authors at the Highlights Foundation
  • Winner of the 2021 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for my poem, “Lemons!” 
  • “Elite 8” Finalist (out of 64 children’s poets!) in the Madness!Poetry Tournament, 2021
  • Honorable Mention in Vivian Kirkfield’s #50PreciousWords contest, 2021
  • Second Place, Susanna Hill’s Holiday Contest for Children’s Writers, 2020
  • First Place, Susanna Hill’s Holiday Contest for Children’s Writers, 2019
  • #PBChat Mentee, chosen by Lori Degman, 2019
  • #PBParty Finalist, 2019

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