Heidi Stock: 4 books

This guide provides instruction and advice for aspiring writers in the following areas: Creative Coaching; Poetry; Songwriting; Screenwriting; Musical Theatre.​It contains hundreds of pages of interviews from acclaimed writers and mentors as well as self-authored essays from industry experts. In...

Many of us think of children's picture books as being written mostly with simple declarative sentences. What an eye-opener to learn that they are actually filled with delightful figures of speech.I am not talking here about the common figures of speech we learn about in grade school: simile, onomatopoeia,...

The tender messages in this picture book differ from every other book about "mommy's kisses."  Through rhyme which doesn't miss a beat, we see the many ways a little girl's mommy uses kisses to teach, coax, soothe, encourage, play and convey a myriad of other expressions of love.  This...

This story was originally published in "Ladybug" and is based on a true event witnessed in nature. Now with all-new illustrations. Written by the author of the three-volume series, "How to Write a Children's Picture Book."  One day, tiny Arthur the Beetle finds a...