By Brandon Dorman Coming up with new characters can be an interesting process. Most times I start with familiar images, but if I push, explore, and revise enough, they always get better. This is what happened with our giants. We started with typical ogre-ish big bodies, but I remember talking with Virginia, Steve, and Sylvie [...]
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From the Intern’s Desk
I got my first detention in fifth grade. I know that’s not exactly the best sentence to use to introduce myself, the spring 2013 intern here at Greenwillow, but I assure you—I was not a bad kid. I, Christina Scott, got my first detention because I refused to stop reading Harry Potter during math class. [...]
Why we love summer!
Our blog has been quiet for a few weeks. Hey, there are only so many hours in the day, and we’ve been really hot. And busy making books. But today the temperature on the Burberry clock is a cool 82˚ and Peter Sís sent this: “I was invited by the Corning Museum of Glass to [...]
Homer (part two)
By Elisha Cooper I live in New York. I have two daughters, and no dog. When I was a child, we had dogs roaming all over our farm. Because of the freedom they enjoyed, I’ve always been apprehensive about having a dog in the city. Someday we will get a dog, I think. When I [...]
