Her best advice – plus ‘join SCWBI’.
I first met Lori Grusin Degman though the 12 x 12 challenge. My kids and I read and fell in love with her books, and I was thrilled to meet Lori in person at the New Jersey SCBWI conference. She is warm and witty and the best kind of writer friend and I’m excited to interview her on Writer’s Rumpus!
Kirsti Call: When did you start writing children’s books, and why?
Lori Degman: When my sons were young, I read to them all the time and saw how much they enjoyed hearing the stories, particularly the rhyming, funny picture books. I really wanted to write stories that would make my kids and other kids laugh, so I took a night class on how to write and publish picture books for children. I submitted manuscripts for a few years and amassed a pile of rejections. Then, I went…
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