This is a strong interview by Kate Messner for her book, Writing is Magic, or is it? Her message is simple and direct: writing is about revising. She talks about when she was a child thinking she could never write as well as her favorite authors, like Judy Blume. Then, she learned that it isn’t what you first put down on paper but rather what you end up with – and that she could! Young writers cannot hear the message too often! I’d…
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Advice for Writers: Interviews with Rick Riordan
Reading is one of the best preparations for writing. We are fortunate that through the internet it is possible to keep in touch with living authors through their blogs, twitter feeds, and their websites. Many authors have also posted interviews on the internet. The editors of Stone Soup are building a series of pages of links and interviews with many of your favorite authors. Please add your feelings about this author in the comments below. How have you been influenced by…
Saturday Newsletter: February 20, 2021
“Disco” (iPhone SE), photographed by Heloise Matumoto, 13 (Quebec, Canada) and published in the February 2021 issue of Stone Soup A note from Anya First, a little bit about me. My name is Anya Geist, and I’ve been interning with Stone Soup for most of a year (basically since I turned 14), and reading and submitting to Stone Soup for much, much longer. This is the first newsletter I’ve written! My internship has impacted the way I think about writing,…
Saturday Newsletter: February 13, 2021
Stone Soup Author Interview between Anya Geist and Lena Aloise. A note from William Wishing you all my best for this Valentine’s Day weekend! Hopefully, this is the last Valentine’s Day any of us will experience as part of a pandemic. When you are around strangers, please mask to stay extra safe. But, of course, take your mask off when eating chocolate! Our wonderful new employee, Caleb Berg, has been working behind the scenes to complete the Stone Soup Author Interview…
Saturday Newsletter: July 15, 2023
Beyond (OPPO FIND X2 LITE) by Karuna Yang, 11; published in the July/August issue of Stone Soup A note from Tayleigh Greene Hello readers, This week, I want to highlight Karuna Yang’s Beyond, pictured above and featured in the latest issue of Stone Soup. Although it was captured in New Zealand, it reminds me so much of the golden, rolling hills and lush, green river valleys of Northern California—where I grew up, and where I spent the last week visiting friends and family and camping at…
Dwelling on a Memory
This piece contains some additional resources for educators. Click here to read them. Alone at her family’s Country House, once a gathering place for “The Cousins,” the narrator reflects on summers past I am nestled on the window seat, cocooned by the voluminous cream-colored curtains, when I look up from my book, Jennifer Nielson’s The False Prince. I am stunned by how quiet the house is. There is no boisterous echoing noise, there is no impatient shouting, there is no…
Dad’s Stocks
This piece contains some additional resources for educators. Click here to read them. Up and down and up and down, that’s how stocks work. Up and down and up and down, that’s how Dad works. Then stocks go down and down and down and down— that’s what’s happening now. So Dad’s emotions go down and down and down and down— and suddenly he is silent. He is silent like the stocks— afraid. And now I realize I care about stocks….
Lazy Cat
This piece contains some additional resources for educators. Click here to read them. Oil pastel Additional Resources Author Interview Summary & Analysis Discussion Questions Author Interview What inspired you to paint this piece? I was inspired to create this piece because I wanted to try out a new medium along with a more colorful way to express myself. I normally use color pencil, so going out of my comfort zone to explore something new was quite fascinating. Can you share…
Saturday Newsletter: June 3, 2023
Peaceful Pond (oil) by Christopher Zhang, 13; published in the May/June 2023 issue of Stone Soup A note from Tayleigh Greene Hello, Although it’s not yet officially summer, it certainly seems it here in Houston. Many of our schools are already out on vacation. And it’s hot. Really hot. For that reason, Christopher Zhang’s Peaceful Pond, featured above, beckons me to sit beside the cool water with a good book. Speaking of which, Sarah Hunt’s Foxtale and Sabrina Guo’s Catalogue of Ripening have been announced as finalists…
Murder on the Orient Express, Reviewed by Orin, 13
Murder on the Orient Express is a tense, nail-biting mystery written by one of the most widely published authors of all time, Agatha Christie. The book stars detective Hercule Poirot, who is on the Orient Express when a millionaire named Samuel Ratchett is found dead in his compartment. With a body stabbed a dozen times in the train, the detective must look for answers among his fellow passengers who just might be the killer. This novel, although old-fashioned, is mystery…
