Writing kidlit – Writer and the Wolf Editorial

The ‘Children’s Book Chat’ WhatsApp group

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

This week I set up a brand new WhatsApp group to chat about kidlit! This is a group for anybody interested in writing children’s books 📚 Chat, share stories, find…

Teaser Tuesday | 04.02.25

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. Here are the rules if you want to play along: Grab your current read Open to a random…

Top Ten Tuesday: Unread books on my shelf

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and it’s so much fun. My contributions will naturally be heavily kidlit skewed! I’ve gone with my own prompt today: books that…

Create your own mission statement

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

When I started Writer and the Wolf, I set out my three core values: the things I believe in that drive me to do my very best work every day.…

Get It Done Week: Reminder!

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

If you’re anything like me, you’re forever signing up for awesome courses and masterclasses online – and then not actually completing them. I do this ALL THE TIME. Ugh, what…

Get It Done Week: Untangling Children’s Books

By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

If you’re anything like me, you’re forever signing up for awesome courses and masterclasses online – and then not actually completing them. I do this ALL THE TIME. Ugh, what…

Top Ten Tuesday: Recent Additions to My Book Collection

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and it’s so much fun. My contributions will naturally be heavily kidlit skewed! This week I’m looking at the ten most recent…

My Values: Readers’ Champion

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Next up in my blog series exploring the values and beliefs that drive me and my business, I’m going to talk about being a readers’ champion and what that means…

How to write a first draft when the words just aren’t coming

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Last week I received a lovely message from a writer (we’ll call him Badger) in response to my freebie welcome email, asking for some advice. He said he had a…

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I read in 2024

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and it’s so much fun. My contributions will naturally be heavily kidlit skewed! This week is my top ten books I read…