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Carmen Oliver

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Lynne Kelly

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Rob Sanders

Katherine Applegate

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Cynthia Levinson

Linda Williams

Katherine Catmull

Evan Turk

Donna Gephart

Hannah Barnaby

Jessixa Bagley

Ann Braden

Deborah Hopkinson

Marcie Colleen

OwlTail

Episode 4 features fabulous friend and Writing Barn teaching artist Carmen Oliver, author of  Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies and founder of The Booking Biz, a boutique speaking agency, with such esteemed clients as Kwame Alexander, Evan Turk, Arun Gandhi, and Bethany Hegedus.   Our Porchlight conversation with Carmen covers writing picture book text, teaching the picture book and helping writers find their stories hearts, the importance of analysis work and more. We then dive in to Carmen’s career as a literary business person and how and why she formed The Booking Biz (with a big shout out to Kwame Alexander, Carmen’s top client). We discuss writing mentors: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Liz Garton Scanlon, Sarah Aronson and how deep study yields deep results. For those of you who live in Central Texas, don’t miss the chance to study with Carmen in  Perfecting the PB II: Draft, Draft, Drafting beginning 9/15.  Show notes: Carmen’s class shared on Book Riot byMaya Smart  Kirkus Review of Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies  Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies Book Trailer

Episode 4 features fabulous friend and Writing Barn teaching artist <a href="http://carmenoliver.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carmen Oliver</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bears-Make-Best-Reading-Buddies/dp/1623706548/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471385749&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bears+make+the+best+reading+buddies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies</a> and founder of <a href="http://thebookingbiz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Booking Biz</a>, a boutique speaking agency, with such esteemed clients as <a href="http://kwamealexander.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kwame Alexander</a>, <a href="http://evanturk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evan Turk,</a> <a href="http://www.grandfathergandhi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arun Gandhi, and Bethany Hegedus.</a>   Our Porchlight conversation with Carmen covers writing picture book text, teaching the picture book and helping writers find their stories hearts, the importance of analysis work and more. We then dive in to Carmen’s career as a literary business person and how and why she formed The Booking Biz (with a big shout out to Kwame Alexander, Carmen’s top client). We discuss writing mentors: <a href="http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cynthia Leitich Smith,</a> <a href="http://lizgartonscanlon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liz Garton Scanlon</a>, <a href="http://www.saraharonson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Aronson</a> and how deep study yields deep results. For those of you who live in Central Texas, don’t miss the chance to study with Carmen in <a href="http://www.thewritingbarn.com/class/new-session-perfecting-picture-book-ii-deeper-understanding-draft-draft-drafting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Perfecting the PB II: Draft, Draft, Drafting beginning 9/15. </a> Show notes: Carmen’s class shared on <a href="http://bookriot.com/2016/08/14/giving-picture-books-fresh-look/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book Riot</a> by<a href="http://mayasmart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maya Smart</a> <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carmen-oliver/bears-make-the-best-reading-buddies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Kirkus Review of Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies</a> <a href="http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2015/11/book-trailer-bears-make-best-reading.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies Book Trailer</a>

The Porchlight: Episode Four with Carmen Oliver