by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 8, 2020 | ASK Program, Family Dialogue Journals, Getting Started, Parent-Writers, Publication, Revision, Revision, Teacher-Writers, Writing Contest, Writing Workshop, Young Authors' Festival
My fingers have not tapped these keys to craft a blog post since June 10, 2019; yet, these fingers have been busy typing! I signed a book contract with Routledge July 19, 2019 for my book titled Engaging teachers, students, and families in K-6 writing instruction:...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 10, 2019 | Revision, Teacher-Writers
I had the pleasure to write for the #TeachWrite Chat Blog on May 16, 2019. Such a busy semester delayed this posting to Writing Connections: https://teachwritechat.blogspot.com/2019/05/take-notice-along-your-writing-journey.html
by Danielle DeFauw | Oct 22, 2018 | Writing Groups
My writing group is an instrumental component of my writing process. They inspire me through their own dedication to their writing, hold me accountable for consistent writing, and provide feedback that blends compliment and critique. Our group met at a writing retreat...
by Danielle DeFauw | Sep 10, 2018 | Writing Contest, Young Authors' Festival
Many authors have started their publishing careers in children’s literature after participating in or winning writing contests: Sharon Draper, Tim Wynne-Jones, Grace Lin, and Cynthia Leitich Smith, just to name a few. Writing contests provide an authentic writing...
by Danielle DeFauw | Aug 20, 2018 | Getting Started, Teacher-Writers
As I prayed this morning, going through my daily devotional, our family basset hound made a crazy amount of noise, pulling out something from behind a shelf. I scrambled to quiet him and to discover what in the world he had gotten himself into again at 4:30 a.m. and...
