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NASA: So Not a Waste of Space—A Guest Post by YA Author Shelley Sackier

December 20, 2018December 21, 2018Guest

This hilarious anecdote of GeekMom-ery from YA author Shelley Sackier takes us inside a recent milestone celebration at NASA.

4 Tips to Get Kids Coding this Summer

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018Guest

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was sponsored by Let’s Start Coding. Summer is approaching. If you’re a parent looking for a way to engage your kids’ brains and avoid a learning slump, coding is a great activity! As the director of Let’s Start Coding, I’ve introduced hundreds of kids aged 8 and up to […]

Creating a ‘Peter and Ernesto’ Diorama

April 10, 2018April 10, 2018Guest

Reading Time: 5 minutes Peter & Ernesto diorama. Photo: Joe Schmidt Hello! My name is Graham Annable and I’m the creator of the new graphic novel for kids titled Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths. As you may have deduced the story is about two sloths, Peter and Ernesto, who are the best […]

The Wonder Woman Within: Finding Your Strength to Conquer Infertility

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018Guest

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was sponsored by the Donor Egg Bank, USA. Moms are modern day superheroes. They instill within us the concept that we can have it all—a brilliant career, a house, a partner, and a family—if we so choose. While most of us have ticked off the first three of these […]

Jacqueline Resnick on Modern Art and the Pizza Rat Book

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018Guest

Reading Time: 3 minutes Raffie on the Run and author Jacqueline Resnick I was in the beginning stages of writing Raffie on the Run, a story about a New York City subway rat, when a video of a real New York City subway rat went viral. The video showed a rat carrying a slice of […]

Where Do Kaiju Come From? Alana Joli Abbott Tackles a Monster-Sized Question

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018Guest1

Kaiju Rising II (now on Kickstarter), features stories from authors like Seanan McGuire, Jeremy Robinson, Dan Wells, ML Brennan, and more!

SDCC vs. Gen Con: Who Wins?

July 31, 2016December 8, 2017Guest1

Comic Con or Gen Con? Our guest poster picks Gen Con, and here’s why.

Cirque du Soleil and the Longest Fall: Guest Gregory A. Wilson

April 7, 2016December 15, 2017Guest

Gregory A. Wilson is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he a fantasy author, but he is a college professor, one of the hosts of the science fiction and fantasy podcast Speculate!, and a TwitchTV channel host! His latest endeavor as author is the upcoming graphic novel ‘Icarus,’ an epic fantasy about a pair of unlikely heroes who are bound together by their quest to free an entire people from slavery. This week, Greg tells us what made him geek out while writing ‘Icarus.’