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4 Questions for author Tamar Ansh about her new Passover cookbook
I recently conversed via email with the enormously popular author, Tamar Ansh, about her new cookbook. Let My Children Cook! is her first cookbook for kids, and it tackles a particularly pertinent area...
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Passover looming ahead: Not quite panicking yet
Due to the onslaught of housework, etc., that Pesach entails, as well as some nifty work assignments, I’ll be posting less for the next month or so. However, I do want to share with my readers several...
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Writing for Children: not for those who want glory, fame, or big bucks
Last week’s Hamodia/Inyan Magazine had an article by one of my favorite columnists, Rabbi Fishel Schachter entitled “Guided by Tale Winds.” While today Rabbi Schachter is well-known in the Torah world...
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Clean your file cabinets for Passover: Yet another piece of wacky advice from...
So, in the Klempner household, preparations for Pesach — Passover — are in full swing. We’re vacuuming and scrubbing the house, the car, and the van like crazy. I’m muttering things like, “Why do I let...
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Ruchama King Feuerman’s latest, now in paperback!
For those of you who haven’t yet read Ruchama King Feuerman’s latest novel (maybe because you were frustrated about its original ebook-only release), In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist is now available...
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New wacky Passover poetry
I’m not going to have much time to post in length before Pesach hits next week, but I’m going to try to share something small every day to make up for it. So here’s your tiny morsel of Passover-related...
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One week until seder night! How to keep focused and full of joy
Here’s today’s teeny post: Getting through the long, hard slog with a smile on your face. Passover is just a week away, but if you’re cleaning your house like me, scrubbing mysterious substances off of...
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Spending the day on your hands and knees
I spent this morning scrubbing the fridge, stove, and oven. I donned rubber gloves, used multiple cleaning substances — which hopefully will not kill all my brain cells — and scraped mystery goop with...
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3 Reasons everyone needs sleep
While completing any major project — whether it’s a writing project or Pesach cleaning — it’s very tempting to burn the midnight oil. Sometimes it’s not the threat of missing the deadline that keeps...
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The Devil is in the details: why paying attention is important
-sigh- So there I was, patting myself on the back for having a completely kosher for Passover kitchen a full 5 days before the holiday, when I sat down to dinner with the kids for their first dinner...
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What you got cooking? Making dessert first
So, now that the kitchen is all ready for Passover, I’m on to the cooking. The funny thing I just noticed is that I’ve finished making all the desserts, and even the charoset (also sweet), but have not...
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I Live With My Mommy: new Jewish picture book addresses life with a single...
Today, I’d like to share with you this interview with Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein, the author of the upcoming picture book I Live With My Mommy. This new, groundbreaking picture book for the first time focuses...
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Telling kids about storytelling
I’m very excited to be visiting one of the local day schools tomorrow. For a change, I won’t be doing a read-aloud of Raizy. Raizy may not even come up, due to the age of the kids involved. Instead...
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Announcing a class for beginning Jewish writers in L.A.
Do you have a picture book idea? Have you always wanted to write for the Jewish magazines, but didn’t know how? I will, G-d willing, be teaching a workshop on writing for Jewish tots, tweens, and teens...
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An interview with author Batya Ruddell
Today, I have the pleasure of sharing with you another interview. In this post, you’ll meet the funny, talented Batya Ruddell. For those of you who read Binah Magazine or Hamodia, her name will...
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Reading a great book? Do you get that “Can’t put it down” feeling?
I’m not writing a long post tonight, because I’m reading an outstanding book I’ve wanted to read for a long time. I plan to curl up in bed with it shortly. It’s been a while since I’ve had that “can’t...
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You’ve got to be a reader to raise a reader: My take on recent research on...
Common Sense Media recently issued a report about kids and teens and their reading habits. The four principal findings (I’m going to quote CSN directly) were these: Reading rates have dropped...
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Writing a serial: Nickel and dime-ing your way through fiction publishing
On the way to pick up one of my kids at school on Friday afternoon, one of the other moms pulled me aside. “We’re really enjoying your new serial in Binah,” she said. I got a little extra bounce in my...
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Still need a daisy? 6 years of Raizy
My picture book, A Dozen Daisies for Raizy, has now been out for six years. With Shavuos just around the corner, I know that parents and teachers will be teaching about the holiday –some using my book,...
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Analysis: My first writing workshop for adults
Along with writing and editing, I’ve coached writers one-on-one off-and-on for the last couple years. I’ve presented writing workshops and made author visits to groups even longer than that, but those...
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