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From Zero Customers to Schools in Five States

From Weed, Porsche & Demons to Born-Again Real Estate Founder

A Nonprofit for Authors? - Greta Myers

It’s been a while and I’ve never talked about this

Go On a Writing Retreat w/ Corinna Cunningham | Writing Better

The Power of Focus: How to Grow Your Social Media Account

Lester Chng

Mohan Ghandi

Alex Fedatoff

Wyatt Carr

T-ROC, Success, and Golf w/ Brett Beveridge | Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur

Writing Through Burnout w/ Dana Micheli | Writing Better

Horror Writing to Memoir Writing... Why? w/ Jessica Bross | Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur

Get Published In The Media - Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur w/ Jeff Raderstrong

Mindful LinkedIn Content Creation - Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur w/ Darion Rae

2 Self-Sabotages Ghosts Make - Writing Better w/ Alyssa Berthiaume

AI for Proofing Your Draft - Writing Better w/ Cristi Cross

1st Draft Myths & Mistakes - Writing Better w/ Dr. Marcia Layton Turner

Writer's Block Isn't Real - Writing Better w/ Wendi J. Ellis

Ghostwriting for 100k - Writing Better w/ Salwa Emerson

Bestselling Author Christian Hyatt - Author Highlight

Just Write Like It Is - Writing Better w/ Jonathan Williams

Relationship Building - Writing Better w/ Kelsey Adams

Storytelling in Nonfiction - Writing Better w/ Lil Barcaski

How Authors Escape the Pit - Writing Better w/ Hussein Al-baiaty

Bestselling Author Anu Shroff - Author Highlight

Book Launching Mistakes - Writing Better w/ Jordan Ring

Writing Better: Every Job Available to Writers, super episode - Rose Friel

Writing Better: More of Alice Sullivan (Ghostwriter making 300k a year)

Writing Better: Does Your Book Need a Grand Concept? - Amanda Hoppe

Writing Better: Rich Famous Novelist? - Chip Scanlan

Writing Better: AI Will Suck The Life Out of Your Writing - Gabriel Rivera

Writing Better: More conversation with Greta Myers

Writing Better: Should Creativity Be a Repeatable Process? - Paul Fair

Writing Better: What Does Ghostwriting Have To Do With This Ancient Weird Prophet - Greta Myers

Writing Better: Get A Community Of Book Supporters - Lana McAra

Writing Better: Amazon Bestseller's Don't Make Money, They Make A Sticker - Claudia

Writing Better: Make The Reader Sit Up - Alex Hughes Capell

Why We Need Rest, and a Disagreement About Psychological Safety w/ Anu Shroff

Writing Better: This pre-interview was too good not to post. w/ Erik Deckers

Writing Better: Learn Psychology or Be Unsuccessful - Heidi Scott

Writing Better: If Your Books Don’t Get You Referrals, Your Writing Sucks - Jeffrey Miller

Writing Better: Are Journalists Better Than Bloggers? - Bruce Shutan

Writing Better: You Need Process People - Matthew Harms

Writing Better: You Suck at Editing. - Eliza Chun

Writing Better: How to Find $150K Clients - Alice Sullivan

Writing Better: Fix Your Business Memoir By Telling Your Secrets. - Becky Blanton

Writing Better: Writing for Nat Geo and Forbes - Steve Johnson

This Horror Writer Says You Should Write Nonfiction Like it's Fiction

Journey of a Kids Creator #1 - Youtube Kids is Weird.

News

A mom, a cancer survivor, and the creator of an amazing literacy program

How Judy Newman Created a Book Club in All 50 States

Inside the Life of a Publishing House Art Director w/ Laura Boyle

"Play The Movie In Your Mind" Isn't Accurate w/ Matt Bardin of Zinc Learning Lab

Dwaine Millard, Senior Vice President of Family & Community Engagement at Scholastic

Brian Floriani, Founder of Freadom

Too Many Curricula Try To Tack on SEL w/ Nancy Garrity

Motivation, Getting kids reading for fun, The Scholastic Reading Program w/ Lizette Serrano

Batch Education is Not Preparing Kids for this Technologically Accelerating World w/ Eric-Pilon Bignell

Students Embarrassed Their Parents Can't Read & 100k Books to Rural Communities w/ Linda Hampton

Do Graphic Novels Stand Alone as Legitimate Literature w/ Adriana White

Control In The Classroom, Students Won't Have The Same Experience In Literature As You w/ Brian Kulak and Jenn Floyd

Podcasting Perspectives from a 5th Grade Class w/ Rayna Freedman

What Would It Take to Get Our Schools Doing Alternative Assessment w/ Andrea Trudeau

Stay Relevant: Why Traditional Public Libraries Must Always Be Innovating w/ Erin Plummer

A School Librarian’s Take on the Canon and Reading Stamina w/ Tamara Cox

Kids Are Eager To Discuss Plot w/ Anne Lutz Fernandez

Support the Cannon Vs. Disrupt Text w/ Victoria Thompson

Advice for 1st Year School Librarians w/ Michelle Robinson

Student Choice in Reading w/ Anna Starecheski

Lemonade Learning w/ Brianna Hodges and Lainie Rowell

The Cover One Machine So Your Books Stop Wearing Out w/ Fallon Farokhi

How to Engage Students in Difficult Books w/ Carl Rosin

How Should Scientific Literacy Inform English Literacy w/ Beth Powell

Workshop Model, Independent Reading and Siloed Education w/ Erika Garcia

Stop Designing Instruction for the Half that Finds It Easy w/ Sara Peden

Differentiate the Learning According to Your Students' Passions w/ Frank Rudnesky

(Part 2) 10 Do's to Stay Positive Through Virtual w/ Brian Martin

(Part 1) 10 Do's to Stay Positive Through Virtual w/ Brian Martin

How to Keep SEL Standardization from Creating a Monster w Krista Leh

Stop and Chat, and Why Are Kids 2 Years Behind Before Special Support? w/ Dr. Dennisha Murff

What Do We Do About the Kids Who've Dropped Off During Lockdown? w/ Carl Distefano

Secret Societies of Readers and Writers w/ Rich Cyz

Writing Better w/ Author Ben Gartner

Are Schools Failing Our Kids? w/Maya Evans and Tehyma Williams

Librarians as Instructional Partners w/Amanda Lee

Writing Better w/ Author: Brooks Benjamin

Teacher Autonomy and 2nd Graders Experience Making a Real Difference Now (Instead of just when they get out of school later in life) w/ Ben Talsma

Writing Better w/ Author: Ana Siqueiera

Relevant Literacy Experiences in All Content Areas w/Amanda Zullo

Intelligogy, Quality vs Quantity for Lesson Activities, True SEL Needs, and More w/ Traci Browder

Writing Better w/ Author: Jess Redman

A Pre-Interview Too Good Not to Post w/ Nathan Lawrence

Take the World Read Aloud Day Challenge on Feb 3rd w/ Pam Allyn

Dismantling Toxic School Cultures w/Ilene Winokur

Enhancing Literacy Instruction w/Entertainment Based Gaming w/Zack Hartzman

Safe, Seen, and Valued w/Ryan Mitchell

It Starts With You w/Purvi Parekh

7 Activities for 6 Pre-Literacy Skills w/ Cady Andersson

What is Visionary Activism vs Reactionary Activism w/ Traci Nicole Smith

Self Care is Personal. You Need 2% a Day Completely for Yourself w/ Shalonda Archibald

A Conversation About Podcasting and Decolonization of Shelves and Lists w/ School Librarian and host of the Children's Book Podcast, Matthew Winner

An Odd but Interesting Conversation About the Effects of Mis-teaching Phonics w/ Luqman Michel

What Makes Good PD? Sparkle + Substance w/ Jillian Dubois

4 Pros and 7 Cons of Lucy Calkins w/ Richard Siegel

2020 a Year of Patience, Grace & Flexibility w/Trelane Clarke

A Conversation About Young Students Rejecting Picture Books and What They Actually Like w/ Tamra Snell

A Conversation About Balanced Literacy, Explicit Instruction, and Intervention w/ Kristen McQuillan

The Problem Solving Protocol Is More Literacy Skill Than Math Skill w/ Christopher Camizzi

Why Is It So Hard for Us Adults to Read Right Now? w/ Carol Jago

2 Examples of Conferring w Readers Turning into Boosted Love of Reading w/ David Eggert

Focus Your Writing Assignments on Specific Skills w/ Shannon Anderson

Make a Kids Book About Alopecia? w/ Cady Andersson

How do Principals Do Shared Leadership? w/ David Walker

The Literacy Advocate: "That doesn't work for my student" Myth? & Do Sight Words Really Exist? (A conversation about the science of reading) w/ Amy McGovern

Explicit, Non-Domain-Specific Vocabulary Instruction | Dene Gainey

Is It Possible to Allow Certain Learners to Rely Heavily On Grammar/Spelling Tools and Still Create Great Writers? w/ Justin Saxon

Everything Good Principals Do to Promote A Literacy Culture | Mark French

Curriculum Selection & Creation Has A Huge Impact on Teacher Retention w/ Dorothy VanderJagt

How/Whether to Encourage Students to Write About Hard Topics w/ Alex Venet

Teaching Shakespeare to Middle Schoolers and Weighing the Importance of Classic Texts w/ Allison Schraechter

Intrinsic Motivation to Read vs Incentives w/ Veronica Rodriguez

Too Much Time Weighing the Baby, Not Enough Time Feeding the Baby w/ Greg Moffitt

Skills-based vs. Knowledge-based: What Should Be the Focus? w/ Rod Naquin

An Epically Long Conversation about Critically Analyzing Balanced Literacy w/ Eric Kalanze

Could You Do Daily Silent Sustained Reading for 15 Mins a Day? w/ Cassie Miller

A Conversation About Student Choice, "the Classics" and the Difference between US and Canadian Education w/ Neil Sandham

Why Running Records Are So Important With Pre-Readers w/ Heather Lippert

How Difficult Subjects in Books Help Not Hurt w/ Author JJK

The 3Rs (risk plus repertoire equals results) w/ Rita Wirtz

Expert Tips for Asynchronous w/ Nili Bartley

Why We Should Be Showing Our Flaws to Colleagues and Students w/ Taylor Armstrong

90s Literacy Education, Then vs Now, Whole Language, Explicit Instruction w/ Cheryl Time

11 Things More Principals Should Say to Their Teachers

The Biggest Motivator in Learning is Curiosity w/ Michael Horton

Bring Your Outside Passions and Why Video Games Belong in Education w/ Alex "Gibby" "Boss_Teach" Gibson

Social Emotional Skills for Mid-Pandemic Education w/ Phyllis Fagell

It’s Not Learn to Read, Read to Learn w/ Jessica Holloway

Let's Challenge Kids to Be the Poets and Storytellers of Today w/ Jonathan Stovall

Their Future is What's Important, Not This Moment's Behavior Issue w/ Kim Aman

Graphic Novels Are Winning Newbery Awards and We Should Not be Upset About That w/ Sara Smith

This Writing Structure Will Promote Social Emotional Learning (Claim-Evidence-Reason) w/ Jaci Fabian

Things Read Alouds Do Besides Instruction w/ Heather Lieberman

This Science Teacher's School Took Down a Wall to Become #1 In Their State for Writing w/ Jessica Adams

When I ask a guest on the show, this is what the first call is like (this doesn’t normally turn into an episode) w/ Rachelle Dene Poth

How to Keep Striving Readers Engaged in Science w/ Claudia Dolan

But What if They’re Just Fake Reading? 🤭 w/ Glenn Rhoades

#AuthorIllustrator Try Focusing on PICTURES First and Words Second w/ Bethan Woollvin

What is Teacher Advocacy? w/ Thea Yurkewecz and Keith Newvine

Big News.

#Author The Story Behind the Story: Bo the Brave w/ Bethan Woollvin

Do These 3 Things to Get Engaged Students Not Controlled Students w/ Gena Cooley

Study Your Students to Determine What PD You Need - Shalonda Archibald

What is Deep Reading? How do you do it in the classroom? w/ Maureen Hall

#LiteracyEvents A Few Tips for Social w Linds Bernero

How at Risk Schools Can Turn it Around w Shalonda Archibald

That's SO (NOT) Elementary w Dr. Ken Kunz

Wait time, a teacher’s best friend w/ Lindsay Bernero

#Parent Animated Kids Books that You Can Stream w/ Vooks

What is Books for Kids?

Introducing the #Author Series

What librarians are doing during CoVid - w Lucianne Pastorello

Performance Led Teacher | The Afterword Podcast - Part 1

#Author Darcy Pattison

My Raw Feelings Coming off of my Miami Tour

#AboutTheAuthor My Visit to Ben Gamla Charter

#AboutTheAuthor *echo echo echo*

#Writer Anthology Publishing for New Writers w/ Pixie Forest

#Anyone A Pep Talk For Anyone Sitting On Their Butt

#Podcasting Hosting Hallmark's Kids Book Podcast w/ Emily Akins

#Illustrator Visdev and Illustration w/ Gloria Felix

#Me How I Feel About Turning 29

#VoiceActor Children's Audiobook Voice Acting w/ Jess White

#Teacher Bookstagramming and Teaching 1st Grade w/ Maya Espiritu

#Parent Blogging about Kids Books w/ Bookstagrammer Stephanie

#Illustrator Art of Ellie the Wienerdog w/ Serene Wyatt

#Me I just had an AMAZING book tour

#SummerThrowback 14: Tammy Gillmore

#SummerThrowback 13: Jason Campbell

#SummerThrowback 12: Shelly from West Harden Elementary

#SummerThrowback 11: Tessa Emily Hall

#SummerThrowback 10: Rachel Jameson

#SummerThrowback 9: Jen Whirl

#SummerThrowback 8: Carly Black

#SummerThrowback 7: Missi of Curriculum Chef

#SummerThrowback 6: Kelsey Buckles' Kids

#Me an AWESOME talk I had with a teacher today over lunch

#SummerThrowback 5: AmandaGIllustration

#SummerThrowback 4: Steve Hanson Boutwell

#SummerThrowback 3: Becky Weso

#SummerThrowback 2: Ariel Gray

#SummerThrowback 1: Kelsey Buckles

#Illustrator Drawing for Disney to Creating Red's Planet w/ Eddie Pittman

#Author KJ Hales of Ellie the Wiener Dog

#Parent How to Bookstagram w/ Jolie Taylor

#Me Going on My First Out of State Tour

#Me On Vacation for the Week!

#Illustrator Eagle vs Bear w/ Blayne Fox

#Illustrator Love Sugar Magic w/ Mirelle Ortega

#Author From Pixar to Scholastic w/ Tony Piedra

#Illustrator Hustling as an Illustrator w/ Charles Thurston

#BookReview “The Plot Chickens” is a Great Book for Teaching Story Writing

#Me What This Podcast Needs More Of

#BookReview Laurence Anholt's Books Make History Interesting

#BookReview One Word From Sophia is a Great Book for Young Ladies

#BookReview This Book Makes Me Feel like a Bad Artist

#BookReview Why Clark in the Deep Sea is My Favorite A Section Book

#Podcasting Changing my Life w/ James Carbary

#Author Going About It "Wrong" and Still Getting Published w/ Taylor Simonds

#Podcasting Make the Most of Your Author Facebook Page w/ Will Henderson

#Me Podcast update: coming soon: Eddie Pittman, James Carbary

#Illustrator The Best Life Drawing Curriculum I've Ever Seen? w/ Kenzo Fry

#Me I Get my Author Social Media Critiqued – Will Henderson

#Me “Read Every Book In the Library” and more

#Me The Future of This Show

#BookReview 3 Books For an Animal-loving Classroom - Casey Boem

#Me The 2 WILDEST things that happened to me in 2017

#Teacher Kidlit for 2nd Grade NYC Special Education

#Parent 3 books for a 1.5 year old boy - Danielle Stoddard