Carmela A. Martino

All week we have been celebrating the release of April Halprin Wayland's picture book, New Year at the Pier--A Rosh Hashanah Story at www.TeachingAuthors.com. You can enter for a chance to win a free autographed copy by posting a goal for the new school year. For more information, click here. But note: entry deadline is midnight, Monday, Sept. 7 (CST). Read More 

In today's post at www.TeachingAuthors.com, I answer a reader's question about writing dialogue in multicultural stories. If you'd like to read it, click here.

My TeachingAuthors blog post on August 12 was about writing six-word memoirs. This is a great back-to-school writing activity. Read all about it at http://www.teachingauthors.com/2009/08/getting-to-know-me-six-word-memoir.html

The new 2010 Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market edited by Alice Pope is out, and it includes my article "What's in a Name: Maybe More than You Think." To read more about this edition of the CWIM, check out Alice's blog.  Read More