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Agent Spotlight: Lynnette Novak
Agent Spotlight: Lynnette Novak Happy Friday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! I am writing to you from deep within the bowels of...
Brian Gehrlein
Mar 20, 20205 min read
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Author Spotlight: Shannon Stocker
Author Spotlight: Shannon Stocker Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! If you happened to miss the most recent post about...
Brian Gehrlein
Feb 26, 202013 min read
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Breaking All the Rules
Breaking All the Rules I wrote a book. It's called THE BOOK OF RULES. It's about following the rules. If you don't...you will be eaten....
Brian Gehrlein
Feb 20, 20205 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Erin Casey
Agent Spotlight: Erin Casey Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Hey, kidlit fam. We've had a full month of awesome stuff...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 29, 20208 min read
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Author & Champion Spotlight: Kaitlyn Sanchez
Author & Champion Spotlight: Kaitlyn Sanchez Hello, If you have stumbled into this tiny nook of the internet by mistake, allow me to...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 25, 202010 min read
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Author Spotlight: Charlotte Agell
Author Spotlight: Charlotte Agell Happy Monday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today I am very happy to get back into our "normal"...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 20, 20207 min read
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2019 Picture Book Spotlight Award Winners
2019 Picture Book Spotlight Award Winners Happy Thursday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today I have the pleasure of announcing...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 16, 20203 min read
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2019 Picture Book Spotlight Awards
Whelp...it's over. 2019. Another one for the history books. Another revolution around the sun. And so...it's time. Time to ponder what it...
Brian Gehrlein
Dec 31, 20192 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Mary Cummings
Agent Spotlight: Mary Cummings Happy Monday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! I feel like it's been a minute since our last "normal"...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 19, 20196 min read
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The Myth of the Other Side
The Myth of the Other Side I had every intention posting this ages ago. Ages and ages. But then school started and #PBCritiqueFest ate my...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 6, 201914 min read
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2019 #PBCritiqueFest WINNERS!
Greetings! Thank you SO MUCH for participating in our first ever #PBCritiqueFest. If you are wondering if this will be an annual...
Brian Gehrlein
Oct 26, 20192 min read
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Picture Book Critique Fest
As writers and artists we desperately want our work to be its very best. Whether you're just starting to play around with the idea of...
Brian Gehrlein
Sep 25, 20195 min read
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