Giving a Dead Manuscript Some Life

Rejection is an inevitable part of everyone’s publishing journey at every stage. And with rejections come “dead manuscripts”. Well, I’ve just decided to start giving my dead manuscripts some life (and some love) by painting pictures for them. I started [Read More]

On a Chariot of Fire Worksheets

While I love coming into schools, you can use these worksheets in your classroom or at home too. I try to make these for all of my books and hope to add more sheets like recipes, crafts, and coloring pages [Read More]

Mixed-Up Mooncakes Worksheets (Free Downloads)

Download and print these Mixed-Up Mooncakes worksheets for use at home or in the classroom. I hope to add a coloring page to this soon. Also checkout the Mixed-Up Mooncakes recipe! Enjoy!

I have created worksheets for most of my books: [Read More]

Feeding Our Folktales to the Sea

Feeding Our Folktales to the Sea *

Volumes and volumes of Jewish folktales line my shelves. I imagine my great-grandparents, who I never knew, chanting them in foreign tongues. In my imagination, they add details, constructed from memory, that make me [Read More]

What Really Matters in a Broken World

What really matters in such a broken world?

This was meant to be a big week for me.

On the day the bodies of Hersh, Carmel, Eden, Ori, Almog, and Alex were found (1/9), just days after their execution, my article, Feeding Our [Read More]

Writing History While Living It

Writing history while living it summarizes my post-Oct 7 writing experience.

I recently sent revisions of my middle grade novel back to my agent. While waiting is associated with the initial query process, in finding an agent, it’s actually a part [Read More]

Seeing Stars and Other Benchmarks

Seeing stars in kidlit announcements is one more thing that was never explained to me. Stars are awarded by the major trade reviewers: Kirkus, School Library Journal, PublishersWeekly, The Horn Book. This is an evolving list. I’m still learning.

Now that [Read More]

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