Sue Santiago
Children's Writer & Sometimes Poet
About
Canada gets blamed for nothing. Except for this. And I can’t wait ’til I can blame my neighbor to the north again.
Recommended Reading
Books you’d be sorry if you missed. What books should be added to this list?
For Writers
Articles for writers on craft, the writer’s life, and random thoughts that invaded while procrastinating.
Nuts & Bolts of writing
Works for kids and authors alike
You know how we teach our kids to write a basic story summary using the somebody-wanted-but-so-then model? It holds up from picture books through grown up books. So when I hit a plot problem I applied the somebody…strategy. I noticed quickly that I…
Squashing Your Outer Adult to Write for Your Inner Child
“Rediscover the child in you so that you may write for the child before you,” literary agent, Stephen Fraser, urged a room of writers at the recent Marvelous Midwest conference. Challenge accepted. Just warning you, there will be no acting like adults here. These…
Reflections from My Pretend B&B Stay
I am pretending that I am retreating at a B&B as any smart writer would after another great SCBWI conference. She knows from experience she needs time to digest all those delicious morsels she filled and refilled her plate while at the all-you-can-eat-buffet of…
