Tag: Writing
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Resources for a New Year of Writing
Hello friends! I’ve heard from many of you over the past few years. Many asking questions something like this: I’d like to write a picture book. How do I get started? Or I’ve got this idea knocking around in my head. How do I know if it’s any good? So you want to take time…
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A Few Little Poems
I’ve been writing poetry my whole life. But I rarely share it. Until now. Hopefully, this small sampling will be the first of a fairly regular set of poetry-related posts. In keeping with my love of writing for kids, most of these poems are geared toward what kids love, think about…worry about. I’ll leave it…
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View From the Writing Desk: An Author’s Year 2024
Hello, dear readers, I hope your new year is off to a spectacular start! If you’re new to my site, I’m Heather Morris (not the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, not THAT Heather Morris, that’s another writing story for another day) and I write a little bit of everything. Fiction, nonfiction, children’s, adult, but…
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One Week Until Trunk Goes Thunk!
Fall is my favorite season – the colors, the smells, the crisp air. Which is why I was thrilled when my publisher told me that my debut picture book – Trunk Goes Thunk! – would be part of their Fall 2024 list! And also why I set my story, White Thing, part of the The…
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Spooky Stories and More Book News!
Last month kicked off what promises to be a flurry of book and science related activity. Our family traveled to see the full solar eclipse, which may be the only time the five of us will be able to experience totality together. Hopefully not, but when your kids are 15, 13, and 9, parents are…
Heather C. Morris 