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Q&A: Mahtab Narsimhan on magic wishes and Genie Meanie!
Author Mahtab Narsimhan explains where she got her ideas for Genie Meanie and what it was like to write a powerful, magical character.
Guest Post: Melanie Jackson on teaching online during COVID-19
Author Melanie Jackson shares her experience teaching a creative writing course online due to COVID-19—and offers tips!
Guest Post: Elizabeth Withey on how her own life inspired The One with the Scraggly Beard
In a guest post for the Orca Blog, Elizabeth Withey explains how her idea for The One with the Scraggly Beard came from her own family’s experiences.
Guest Post: Ann Yu-Kyung Choi on using animals to tell time in Once Upon an Hour
Once Upon an Hour author Ann Yu-Kyung explains the traditional Korean timekeeping practice where the 12 animals of the zodiac are assigned to 2-hour sections of the 24-hour clock.
Q&A with Michelle Mulder: Community-building during COVID-19
Michelle Mulder is the author of several books in the Orca Footprints series, including Home Sweet Neighborhood: Changing the World One Block at a Time. Since people started taking COVID-19 precautions such as distancing, she’s noticed a surging interest in topics she loves to write about, like cycling, community-building and …