A few years ago children’s book editor Sylvie Frank reached into a slush pile and pulled out John Sullivan’s picture book story Kitten and the Night Watchman. That Frank even read this manuscript is a little amazing. The slush pile represents unsolicited manuscripts and ranks as a low editorial priority. In the book publishing industry,…
He is an elderly man with Einstein hair and a blue cane covered with stars and suns. After shuffling into the booth next to our table at IHOP, he chats in a friendly German accent about pancakes, weather, and Adolf Hitler. We introduce ourselves, and he says his name is Wolfgang. Here is some of our…
I know you are done with Christmas, but I want you to hear the story of the snow globe wiseman and a mother who is grateful every New Year. Not Three, But One Of course, traditionally wisemen come in sets of three. But when my son was 19 he gave me a stocking stuffer of…