Sitemap - 2023 - Elayne Crain, Writer of Childish Things
📆 December '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📌 Two Free Writing Resources I Take Advantage of This Time Every Year
📌 A Dirty Little Secret: I Love My Stories
Substackers Against Nazis and Nazism
📆 November '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📌 Austin Kleon on "The Gift of Obscurity"
📌 What (Mostly Who) I'm Grateful About This Year
📌 100 Posts: A Substack-a-bration
📌 Underappreciated Rock Stars: Ann Jonas
📆 October '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📌 Some Fun Gifts for Your Writing Friend's Good News
🆓 Free Vintage Library Check-out Card Bookmarks by Elayne Crain
📌 Two New (to Me) Kidlit Meet-Ups I ❤️
📌 Hot Take: I Always Plan for Self-Ended When Paginating
📌 What Can I Do When Horrible Things Happen?
📌 My Negative First, Zeroth, First and Second Drafts
📆 September '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📕 "There's Something Odd About the Babysitter" - Coming Summer 2025!
📌 When Mr. Rogers Wrote Me Back
📌 The Indelible Nourishment of Milkwood
📌 Think of a Critique as a Buffet Spread
📌 If Someone's Just Not That Into Your Work—or Even You—It's Okay!
📌 The Mad Men-Era Animal Memes of My 1980s Memories
📌 PSA: You Can Type "The End" on Any Manuscript
📌 Friendly Books for Loner Children
📌 A "Shelf-Aware" Visualization for Pre-Published Book Creators
📌 The Fine Art of Procrastiworking
📌 A Dancing Bill Hader for Writers
🆓 Free Cellphone Wallpaper: Albert Einstein Quote by Elayne Crain
📌 Get Yourself an Imaginary Mentor (or Ten)
📌 What a Writing Day Looks Like (for Me)
📌 How to Label Your Binder Clips
📌 Some Top Writing Craft Books
📌 How the Big Sur Critique Groups Work
📌 Not Feeling "(Fill in the Blank)" Enough to Tell Your Stories
Substacks from Traditionally Published (or Under Contract) Kidlit Creators
📌 I'm...Somehow Going to Milkwood?
🆓 Free Cell Phone Wallpaper: Stay Playful by Elayne Crain
📌 What Makes a Classic Picture Book?
🆓 Free Wallpaper: Dandelions by Elayne Crain
📌 Two Great Tools for Laugh-it-Off Writers
📆 February '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📌 "Setting Creates Character; Character Creates Plot"
📌 Nonwords, Portmanteaus, Empty Nouns, and Other Delightful Nonsense
📆 January '23: Monthly Wrap-Up
📌 Some Favorite Characters, aka Fictional Best Friends
📌 The Magic of Endowed Objects