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Jestine Ware
Jun 15, 2018
25 LGBTQ Picture Books for Kids
Heather Has Two Mommies (published in 1989) is one of the oldest LGBTQ picture books, and it's the first one I remember reading that had...
Jestine Ware
Jun 1, 2018
One Queer Magazine Editor
Huzzah! The first story with lesbian parents “The Very, Very, Very Long Hike” by Debbie Urbanski just appeared in Spider magazine in the...
Jestine Ware
May 31, 2018
Applying for Editing Jobs
As some of you know, I’m leaving Cricket Media and the world of magazine editing to pursue a career in book editing at Timbuktu Labs Inc,...
Jestine Ware
May 1, 2018
Things My Dog Has Tried to Eat
My roommate and I adopted this guy in July 2017 from Chicago Animal Control. “Sweet,” we thought. “This dog is only $65 and we’re saving...
Jestine Ware
Apr 30, 2018
Ask an Author: Charles Ghigna
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose®) lives in a treehouse in the middle of Alabama. He is the author of more than one hundred books from Random...
Jestine Ware
Mar 15, 2018
Found Object: Dream Diary
How do you find your best ideas? One of the ways I find my stories is through lucid dreams right before I wake up. In and out of...
Jestine Ware
Feb 15, 2018
Ask an Author: Rolli
Charles Andersen (AKA Rolli) is a poet and cartoonist for both kids and adults who has written for Saturday Evening Post, The Walrus,...
Jestine Ware
Jan 15, 2018
Fluffy Slime
Future YouTube stars (AKA my little cousins LaMariya and Jayla) visited Chicago for spring break and we made fluffy slime! Check out this...
Jestine Ware
Jan 1, 2018
2018 Spider Calls for Submission
Calling all writers! I'm the editor of a kids magazine, and I've started thinking about what I need for my 2019 issues. Please see the...
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