My Great-Grandfather, the Hero
By David Macinnis Gill
You know the adages “Write what you know” and “Kill your darlings?” They’re meant as sage advice to those of us who string together words for fun. “Kill your darlings,” often blamed on Faulkner, means to strike without mercy any sentences that you think show your great prowess as [...]
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From the Writer’s Desk
When Greenwillow authors go a visiting . . .
Amy Brecount White recently visited Lynne Rae Perkins in Michigan. She was in the area in time for “Shardfest.” We are told that Shardfest took place in Lynne Rae’s driveway on one the hottest days of the summer. Shardfest participants got to hammer tiles, smash already broken mugs, etc. etc. etc. to come up with [...]
So You Need a Typeface
Choosing a typeface is a very important part of designing a book. Just ask our designers!
Sylvie says: “The type tells a story. When I was first in art school in France, I would create new typefaces using scratchboard and a rapidograph. The teacher would literally come over and take a magnifying glass to make sure all [...]
From the Writer’s Desk
Teachers Learning in Japan
By David Macinnis Gill
Unlike most Greenwillowites, I’m not very adventurous. I don’t risk my neck surfing California beaches (and I don’t convince other authors to join me). I don’t meander around Monument Valley in the dark, and the last place you’re going to find me is climbing into a deep, dark hole [...]
