A quick one this week as summer is keeping me busy and there’s not enough time to write anything longer than a to-do list, which usually then gets ignored. But at least I can check newsletter off the list now!
Currently obsessed with
📰 All things Substack! I love subscribing to newsletters and reading them in the app. It reminds me of reading blogs in the olden days. I’m sharing a few of my favorites below but you can also see everything I read by clicking on Reads on my page.
You can also find kidlit people to follow on lists here, here, and here. Thank you
, and for making these lists.My eclectic faves right now are:
Always looking for ideas on what to cook my family.
Austin’s books are amazing and I love his newsletter too.
I also highly recommend their podcast.
Writing Tip of the Week
I’ve written about the connection between running and writing before so here’s that article. And here’s an additional tip: Run your own race. Don’t compare your pace or progress or medals (deals, awards, sales) with someone else.
Writing Prompt
Use these five words in a poem or story: run, medal, doll, basket, lemonade.
Until next week, happy writing and reading. Let me know what you’re enjoying this week.
Christine
Thanks so much for the mention, Christine! I love that you were able to tick newsletter of your list by writing a short one – I need to do that as mine are always quite long and take a while to put together so they get pushed back and come out last minute (like the one I'm currently working on).