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Hi everyone!

We've moved! The blog is at a new location, and the party is hoppin. I hope you'll come join and subscribe! 

What do we have going on over there?

• Interviews with industry experts to help with research, writing, inspiration, publishing, and other aspects of the creative life!
• Behind-the-scenes stories to pull back the curtain on the writing process and other creative work.
• Book, TV, and movie recommendations (the best stuff, of course!)
• Curated resources—I find the best and most helpful articles, videos, podcasts, etc and bring them right to you.
• Badly drawn (but goodly silly) comics

We've been going strong there for a while now, and you can puruse the archive to see what we've got.

And this new place has made it possible for me to send you my free editing checklist that'll come right to your inbox when you subscribe. 

Thanks for coming along!

Build A Monster

 Teachers and parents, looking for activities for your littles? New fun activities posted weekly!

You can download the full size PDF here!

Book Recommendation: Nimona 

The movie is out now on Netflix, but the book is even better!

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Summer Reading Activity for (Spooky) Kids

Looking for reading activities for your summer? I hope to start posting weekly games and activities, starting with this! 

You can download the full-size PDF here!

Thanks for joining! Please feel free to pass this along to parents, teachers, or anyone else looking for some fun kids activities!

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*The activities on this site are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for profit without written consent.

An Author's Many Hats

Happy Monday! And happy March! So glad to have January and February over and done with, yeah? I'm feeling the tireds and the winter-time blues, so let's see if we can push through together!

An Authors Many Hats: 

What other hats do we authors wear?

When Are You Gonna Write Real Books for Adults?

A Question For Teachers:

@sarahallenbooks Hey teachers! especially elementary and middle school teachers. I have a question for you. #teachersoftiktok #teacherlife #teachertok #teachertiktok ♬ Blue Blood - Heinz Kiessling

Book Recommendation: This book by Delilah Dawson is so well written and lots of good spooky fun! You and your upper-middle grade readers will love it.

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How To Write A Query Letter

 I hope you've all had a great week! I spent most of mine working on some freelance writing work as well as the zero draft of my next middle grade novel--it's a monster book, and has been great fun to write! What are you all working on?

How To Write A Query Letter

Toast: A Poem

The 'I Don't Want To Write' Song:

@sarahallenbooks The surprise end of this song sponsored by my mom's pantry. Thank you for coming to my "I Don't Want To Write" concert. And thank you @literallyjohngreen and @hankgreen1 for the Tshirt. #writertok #writersoftiktok #authorsoftiktok #sillysong #songs #songwriter ♬ original sound - Sarah Allen | Author

Book Recommendation: One of my very favorites of recent years is Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heideker. I was so thrilled when it won the Newbery! Check it out! 

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