June's off to a wild start with #PitMad yesterday and #PBPitch later this month. It can be hard to focus on writing with such distractions, but they say in this business to always be working on something new. So #FirstDraftFriday is here with guest author Annemarie Riley Guertin to help you do just that! BONUS! Annemarie is generously offering a manuscript critique as a prize for someone who completes a draft today! Details at the end of this post. Annemarie is the author of

It's Friday! Even better, it's #FirstDraftFriday and guest author Valerie Bolling is here to help us nurture those story idea seeds and make them bloom into drafts! Valerie is generously offering a manuscript critique as a prize for someone who completes a draft today! Details at the end of this post. LET'S DANCE, Valerie's debut picture book, pairs her rhythmic text with vibrant illustrations by Maine Diaz. It showcases children of diverse backgrounds enjoying dances from ar