The last #FirstDraftFriday of 2023 is here! We've had an awesome year of wonderful guests, and today is no different. Anitra Rowe Schulte...

Author-illustrator Kim-Hoa Ung is here for #FirstDraftFriday with her sweet, debut picture book, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI. Read on to get...

Author-illustrator DK Ryland is here today, dishing on how a single mental image can lead to a whole picture book and the magic of...

This is a special #FirstDraftFriday for me as we're featuring one of my wonderful CPs, author Kailei Pew! She's here to talk about her...

I've been eagerly awaiting today's #FirstDraftFriday to chat with author Susan Yoon about her debut picture book, WAITING FOR TOMORROW....

I'm so excited to be hosting author Bea Birdsong on today's #FirstDraftFriday. I have been the lucky recipient of a critique from her,...

Wildflowers have popped up everywhere outside, and now they're putting in an appearance on #FirstDraftFriday as author Hà Dinh joins us...

More firsts for #FirstDraftFriday! We have our first cartoonist—the amazing Jen de Oliveira—here to talk about REGGIE: KID PENGUIN, her...

Author Malcolm Newsome is our guest on today's #FirstDraftFriday to share how his touching and much needed debut came about. Read on to...

It's still snowy here where I live, but it's fun to think about spring coming for real...one of these days! So I enjoyed writing an entry...

Author-illustrator Marietta Apollonio is here for March's #FirstDraftFriday! This is the first time we've featured an author-illustrator,...

Let's get February rolling with #FirstDraftFriday and author Angela Pham Krans! Read on to get inspired and then draft your own picture...

#FirstDraftFriday 2023 is underway, and we've got debut author Kelly Swemba here to share about her heartfelt new book, MISSING VIOLET....

Happy New Year 2023! We're celebrating not just the holiday today but also the second anniversary of #FirstDraftFriday! When I launched...

#FirstDraftFriday is rolling into its third year, and I couldn't be more excited! It's been a blast interviewing authors and learning how...

#FirstDraftFriday 2022 is drawing to a close, but we've got one more day—today—to chat with a great author and learn from their success!...

It's the second-to-last #FirstDraftFriday of 2022 (Can you believe it?), and we've got author Stephanie Wildman here to talk about her...

It's baaaaaack! Brian Gehrlein is running #PBCritiqueFest for the fourth time, and this is your chance to get a pro's eyes on your...

Author Matt Forrest Esenwine is here this #FirstDraftFriday with "Pro Tips" on drafting picture books and with a new book, which...

Author CK Malone is today's #FirstDraftFriday guest, and they have—as Jane Yolen would say—put "heart on page" with their debut picture...