Author Archives: Julie Stroebel Barichello

Picture Story Books

Marcia Strykowksi shares some excellent thoughts on the length and utility of picture books. Read more below.

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The official Sarah & Katy gift basket

One of my favorite parts about Christmastime is gift shopping. So it’s no surprise one of my favorite parts of preparing for this weekend’s book launch party was assembling the gift basket I’ll be raffling off. The basket’s theme is … Continue reading

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Judge’s review of ‘Sarah & Katy and the Imagination Blankets’

Back in February, I entered “Sarah & Katy and the Imagination Blankets” in the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. I found out in mid-October that my book was not among the winning entries. It would be a lie to say … Continue reading

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The books have arrived!

The first hundred copies of “Sarah & Katy and the Book of Blank” arrived on the doorstep yesterday afternoon. (With a week and a half to spare before the book launch next Saturday … phew!) The first copies will be … Continue reading

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The Elsa stage of writing when we ‘let it go’

The final version of “Book of Blank” was uploaded to press last Saturday. For weeks leading up to that day, I had a constant internal chant of, “Come on, let’s go. Come on, let’s go. Get it done. Get it … Continue reading

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