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Laurent Linn – WPA SCBWI Illustrators’ Day
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN ILLUSTRATOR TO ATTEND THIS FABULOUS EVENT! Registration is open! What: Illustrator’s Day (Create a mock project...
Kate Dopirak
Feb 21, 2015
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Writing Tip from Puppy: Pay Attention
I learn a lot from my puppy. One of the things she’s teaching me is to pay attention, and I think it’s improving my writing. When I...
Kate Dopirak
Aug 19, 2014
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Writing Tip from Puppy: Take a Break
I learn a lot from my puppy. One of the things she’s teaching me is to take breaks, and I think it helps my writing. Frankie plays. She...
Kate Dopirak
Aug 5, 2014
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How to Raise Readers (or the importance of a veggie plate)
I told my friend that my son wants to use his First Communion money to buy the entire I SURVIVED set, a historical fiction series...
Kate Dopirak
Jul 24, 2014
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Katerina’s Wish by Jeannie Mobley
I am reading Jeannie Mobley’s KATERINA’S WISH to my boys, who are six and eight. The back of the book reads: What would I wish for, if I...
Kate Dopirak
Apr 8, 2014
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WPA SCBWI Fall Conference
Mark you calendars! Book a babysitter! Hoard some chocolate! Whatever you need to do to get ready for the WPA SCBWI Fall Conference, do...
Kate Dopirak
Sep 21, 2013
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I Guest Blogged for Easyread!
Check Out These Books: A Suggested Reading List for Kids Education.com Falling into a book – relating to a character or a place or a...
Kate Dopirak
Mar 12, 2013
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I’m in PARENTS magazine! Woohoo!!!
Higher GroundThe steep hill leading to my new home mocked me. But I had baby weight to lose, and I was determined to conquer it.By Kate...
Kate Dopirak
Feb 18, 2013
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Toasting Joe
At my brother’s 40th birthday party, lots of people made toasts: our parents, our uncle, our friend, our sister – the list goes on and...
Kate Dopirak
Jan 16, 2013
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Nora Thompson – Congrats, Girl!
At our WPA SCBWI conference, illustrators had the chance to submit images for review. After lunch, we projected their art onto a big...
Kate Dopirak
Dec 31, 2012
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Pink Panther and Erica S. Perl’s Chicken Butt!
My sons watched an episode of Pink Panther as I drove. I couldn’t see the screen, of course, but I loved listening to my boys. Here’s...
Kate Dopirak
Oct 27, 2012
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Thank you, Jay Asher
Maybe at the 2013 conference, I’ll be brave enough to ask Jay to take a picture with me. Probably not. But maybe. . . Jay Asher was a...
Kate Dopirak
Oct 8, 2012
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Thank you, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb
You’ve read (and fallen in love with) Kristin O’Donnell Tubb’s middle grade novel, Selling Hope, right? If you have read Selling Hope,...
Kate Dopirak
Oct 1, 2012
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Call me Kate. Or Katie. Just call me maybe.
Sorry about referencing that song. You’re singing it now, aren’t you? Me too. I think it’s okay, though, because maybe music is...
Kate Dopirak
Sep 26, 2012
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