OK, silly title. And if anyone under 30 reads this post, they’re not gonna get the reference to Moon River.
But heck, I like it, because your smile will be wider after you visit RhymeWeaver…
Many kidlit writers hear “don’t rhyme” from picture book editors. It’s not that editors hate rhyme (well, maybe SOME do), it’s just that they see badly-executed rhyme so often in the slush, it’s easier to discourage it. Common rhymes like “me, see” and “you, two” and other one-syllable predictability can kill the joy of a story.
Remember “Celebrity Apprentice” when the men’s team gleefully authored “I know my A, B, C’s and my 1, 2, 3’s” as if it hadn’t been regurgitated in a googolplex of board books? They thought it was a rhyme worthy of victory and publication. Well, they did win the challenge, but the book Trump promised to publish was released by a vanity press, not a traditional publisher. No publisher was gonna touch it, ten foot pole or not.
Editors also see a lot of rhyme with flawed meter. Meter is a tricky thing. There’s stressed and unstressed syllables, plus the lilt of natural speech patterns that can render your meter more choppy than Zoanette Johnson’s drumming. If you read your own rhyme aloud, you might not even hear how off it is, because you are forcing yourself to follow the pattern [you think] you created.
Then there’s the near-rhyme mistake, when the words don’t really rhyme at all, unless you twist your tongue or alter your accent. Like “hat” and “what” or “hat” and “back”. Once or twice and you can maybe get away with it. More than that and the editor may assume you need the WaxVac.
Moreover, writers can find their story dictated by rhyme, getting trapped in nonsensical situations simply because “dishwasher” rhymes with “impostor” (almost). It’s obvious when a plot decision has been forced based upon one word.
For these reasons, editors will advise, “don’t rhyme”.
For these reasons, author Lane Fredrickson created RhymeWeaver.com.
Lane is the author of WATCH YOUR TONGUE, CECILY BEASLEY, a rhyming picture book with a joyfully jaunty rhyme. Remember as a child when you stuck out your tongue and a parent warned, “It will get stuck that way!” Well, Cecily finds herself in that very predicament. Hilarity ensues when a bird takes up residence on Cecily’s perfect pink perch. What’s Cecily to do?
Knowing the difficulty of rhyme for picture book writers, Lane created RhymeWeaver.com to teach the bard-challenged the complexities of rhyming well.
Lane, your rhyme is perfection! How did you get to be so good at it?
Ha. Thank you, Tara.
The short answer would be: a gnawing question and a genetic glitch.
But there is also the long answer. When I first joined SCBWI, everybody seemed to be telling everyone else NOT to write in rhyme, like there was a disease associated with it. You know, literary sarcoma or writer’s blockjaw. You almost didn’t want to admit you were a rhymer lest they sit in some quarantined section and slap a scarlet R on your forehead. The other thing I kept hearing was that a person’s rhyme had to be PERFECT. I wanted to write PERFECT rhyme, but I could never get a really good answer as to what PERFECT rhyme was. This is the kind of scenario that drives a slightly obsessive-compulsive person to behaving obsessively compulsive. So I googled around and studied my Seuss and found a website that offered critiques for $50. The critique, although well-intentioned, was just plain bad advice involving “counting syllables.” And don’t get me wrong, I’ve definitely given bad advice (but I’m pretty sure it was free when I did it). I totally get that sometimes bad advice seems good because it comes from multiple sources, but “counting syllables” is not the way to perfect meter and I had (being slightly obsessive compulsive) already figured that out. So I went back to school thinking I’d take a poetry class and clear up the PERFECT meter issue. But the thing about college is they don’t tell you what you want to know, they tell you whatever they want to tell you. So it took a BA in English and healthy stab at an MA in British Lit to figure it out that meter is a lot of things, but PERFECT is rarely one of them (I only stabbed at the MA, I haven’ t killed it yet).
What inspired you to put all your rhyming knowledge into a website?
I watched a lot of people go through exactly what I went through: trying to figure out the rules, trying to decide if writing in rhyme was worth the stigma, trying to find complete resources that explained everything. I have a degree in psychology, where I focused on cognition and development (which is the opposite of those people who ask you to talk about your problems). Cognitive and developmental psychologists look at how people think and how they grow, mature, and learn. I knew that I could show meter in a way that’s visual and image-based. I knew that I could break it down into constituent parts in a way that I had never seen done. I knew that I could make it easier to grasp. But I wanted it to be free because I’m trying to improve the status of rhyme in the literary world and the more people who rhyme well, the less it looks like I have a disease.
Lane’s website has already helped this ruined rhymer who can’t hear meter even if I got whacked upside the head with it. So I encourage you to pay RhymeWeaver.com a visit, Pin it, share it, study it, LIVE IT. Children deserve better rhyming picture books like CECILY BEASLEY.
And hey, you can WIN CECILY! Just leave a comment telling me about the most interesting thing you learned at RhymeWeaver.com. A winner will be picked randomly in a week (or knowing me and prize distribution, two weeks).
So don’t hesitate, get out there and rhyme, oh Kate! (Sorry if your name isn’t Kate. I had to end on a rhyme.)
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February 27, 2013 at 12:11 pm
rebeccareid
I love the ideas on that site! I just now enjoyed reading about syllables — stressed and unstressed — and pondering how to present it to my kindergartner. I’d love to be entered in the giveaway.
February 27, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Wendy Greenley
This is a great site, Tara. I’ve visited rhyme weaver–but haven’t been brave enough to try a picture book in verse yet. I have so much admiration for those who do it well!
February 27, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Rita Antoinette Borg
I learned that you could learn about meter and rhyme and it doesn’t have to come naturally. Will read this site over and over again until i understand it completely.
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February 27, 2013 at 12:37 pm
donnashepherd
I just clicked on the tab for “Double Rhymes” and learned more about Masculine and Feminine endings. Bookmarked and plan to share. Thanks!
February 27, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Miranda Paul
The judges at Rate Your Story thank you for posting this! Writers need to hear it.
February 27, 2013 at 12:45 pm
Tamson
What a smart idea for website! And how cleverly you present the information. You’re right–meter is an elusive skill. And its important to point out that there is a degree of subjectivity to it. While we can often agree on which syllables are stressed, sometimes people just have a quirky way of pronouncing things and sometimes people will emphasize different words in a string of monosyllabic words. Also, a certain amount of variation in meter helps add interest or make a particular point in your verse. While you must work to nail down the meter as clearly as you can, you’ll never be able to control it completely. Live readings will always bring variations.
February 27, 2013 at 1:00 pm
julie rowan zoch
Pinned, shared, studied…scared! That meter thang! Can hear it when it’s off, don’t notice when it’s on (good thing, right?), but figuring it can feel like learning tango steps without a partner! Since I am not done with all the goodies at RhymeWeaver, I’ll just mention here how I like learning about ‘almost rhymes’ – slanted, sloping, sloppy…not!
February 27, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Madeline Barr (@MadelineBarr)
Another great post, Tara. Both you and Lane made me chuckle and, once again, provided some excellent information.
Lane’s site looks excellent! I love the pages on stressed and unstressed syllables. I’m seeing words a little differently now. The graphics seem to help the little light bulb in my head, not only turn on, but shine bright.
Thanks for posting about this site. I can’t wait to go through the whole thing.
Madeline
February 27, 2013 at 1:29 pm
MJ Pinkstone
I have always enjoyed rhymes in children’s stories and now there is a source of information which will help perfect my own rhyming. Thank you, Lane for creating RhymeWeaver.com and thank you, Tara for bringing it to our attention!
February 27, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Kim MacPherson
Great post! And I love the new site… and I always knew about meter, but never saw it expressed as a function of stressed and unstressed syllables, metrical feet, and metrical lines. This will be a way cool site to explore!
February 27, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Jennifer Young
Very helpful website Tara! And easy to navigate. I learned that rhymes ending on an unstressed syllable, are called Feminine Endings. Thanks for sharing 🙂
February 27, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Donna L. Sadd
Great post Tara. I found Lane’s site a few weeks ago while trying to smooth out a rhyming PB story for 12×12. I hate that negativity exists in the publishing world with regard to rhyming stories (because I love them so much and I believe children do as well), but instead of trashing the piece, I sought ways to make it ‘perfect.’ It’s an extremely elusive concept to grasp, but Lane’s visual approach helped greatly. I’m happy I found RhymeWeaver.com and just know I’ll be popping in all the time. Thanks Lane; I would love to win Cecily!
February 27, 2013 at 2:01 pm
laura516
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I’ve been looking for a resource just like RhymeWeaver and here it is. My favorite take-away from this fabulous site? “Meter = Rhythm = Pattern”
February 27, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Amanda Banks
Thank you for this site! I can’t wait to spend some time at rhymeweaver.com, and learn all about rhyming.
February 27, 2013 at 2:56 pm
heylookawriterfellow
I’ve attempted exactly one rhyming picture book in my life and I found the entire process to be the most vexing thing in the world. I suspect Rhyme Weave might alleviate some of my pain.
February 27, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Deborah Holt Williams
I learned the term acatalictic meter–which is perfect meter. I think the term was coined by a cat–they seem to be quite confident in their perfection!
February 27, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Sue Frye
Another great post, Tara! I love rhymes in children’s stories and now there is a source of information which will help my own rhyming. I learned that there are feminine and masculine rhymes. Thank you, Lane for creating RhymeWeaver.com and thank you, Tara!
February 27, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Julie Agen
I appreciated the information about publishing children’s books in general…trends, etc.
February 27, 2013 at 4:09 pm
Dorothy Wiese
I don’t do well at rhyme, and you have convinced me that I should not try.
February 27, 2013 at 4:10 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Thank you so much for posting, Tara.
February 27, 2013 at 5:07 pm
Julie Dillemuth
I love the RhymeWeaver website! I’ve already been pointed to it from multiple other sources, so word is definitely getting out! I have also been trying to find a good poetry class to learn more about crafting rhyme, but the RW site has great, thorough-but-nutshell info of what we need to know about rhyme and meter. The info on meter confirmed what I’ve been doing intuitively with my rhyming stories. What I would love to see next is info on different forms of poetry. Have you thought about giving an online class, Lane? I would love to take a class on childrens’ poetry/rhyming stories.
February 28, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Hi Julie, thanks for the compliments and thanks for visiting the site. I had looked at adding a section with poetic forms, but didn’t know if there would be any interest. (Heck I wasn’t sure anyone would want to read as much as I have). But I love the old renaissance forms. You’re the third person who’s suggested it, so I think I will look into adding a section. It will be a while because I’m still trying to finish the guts of the site. Thanks for the suggestion.
February 27, 2013 at 5:08 pm
barbaradilorenzo
This is a terrific post. I wrote a PB in rhyme, but much of it feels bumpy. I was glad to read on Rhymeweaver.com that it’s important not to mold the story around convenient rhymes. I try not to do that, but it’s hard to find just the right words to describe the true plot sometimes. But at least it validates the importance of keeping your plot intact rather than finding whatever rhymes best as the next plot point in your story.
February 27, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Mary Jo
“Literary sarcoma” and “scarlet letter R” – brilliant!
February 27, 2013 at 5:32 pm
Victoria Warneck
Love the RhymeWeaver site — I learned about it through 12×12. I like to think that I understood meter basics before, but I learned a bunch from the page on metrical variance. Thank you!
February 27, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Lori Mozdzierz
Thanks, Lane and Tara for this outstanding post!
“A bouncy, predictable rhythm gives a story a silly effect.”
I love silly ;~D
February 27, 2013 at 6:46 pm
susan crites
i love how clearly lane explains everything and how it’s broken down. it’s a pleasure to head there for advice! thanks, lane!
February 27, 2013 at 6:50 pm
Elli Woollard
I write almost exclusively in rhyme – in fact, when I try to write in prose my agent tends to tell me off! Which just goes to show that it’s not necessarily something that agents and publishers always shy away from. The rhymeweaver site is an amazing collection of technical detail. If someone were to ask me the mechanics of good verse I wouldn’t know where to start – other than to refer them to rhymeweaver. For me it’s something quite intuitive and I’d be a terrible teacher, so I take my hat off to the author of that site. As well as to anyone writing in prose, which I’m crap at!
February 27, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Gail Handler
OMG Tara and Lane! This web site (RhymeWeaver.com) is incredible! I just read a few sections so far but here’s what I learned in only 3 parts:
* lines in a rhyme have feminine and masculine endings (although the feminist in me doesn’t like the idea of feminine being “less than” i.e.unstressed!)
*I never knew what to call rhyme with lines and now I know it’s called Internal
* I realize that rap music has a bunch of random internal rhyming going on!
I’m passing this site on to my writers’ group as we have had several conversations on rhyming. This. Is. Awesome!
February 27, 2013 at 8:52 pm
viviankirkfield
Thanks, Tara, for spotlighting the amazing RhymeWeaver (it actually made me think of the old song: Dream Weaver)…what a perfect place for me to visit.:) Lane, you’ve created a stellar resource for anyone who loves to/wants to write in rhyme. (that’s me!) Can’t wait for the picture book of the month to post. And I love the frog with the coffee cup.:)
I think you’re amazing, dear Lane of great rhyming
We know it’s combining the words with the timing
Your blog is a resource to help all us writers
To hopefully keep from becoming verse-blighters.
Sorry…if you remember Flip Wilson (no…probably none of you is old enough…although you were talking about Moon River)..the devil made me do it.:)
February 28, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Nice! And thank you.
March 5, 2013 at 4:31 pm
SevenAcreSky
Viv…I remember Flip Wilson.
Your poem reply is right on.
March 5, 2013 at 10:56 pm
viviankirkfield
Glad I am not the only one who remembers.:) Thanks for the kind words about the little poem!
February 27, 2013 at 9:06 pm
pennymorrison
I love this website. I learnt that I’m too much of a perfectionist. I have to stop insisting my poor critique group write their rhyme in acatalectic lines.
February 27, 2013 at 9:52 pm
K.L. Pickett
Oh. My. Gosh. Finally someone has explained to me in words I can understand what writing poetry is all about! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
February 27, 2013 at 9:56 pm
janelle
Thanks so much!! I learned counting syllables really doesn’t work. People always tell me to do that, and it never reads right to me. Now I know!! 🙂
February 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Lane Fredrickson
No, don’t do it.
February 27, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Margaret Greanias
Great post. I will definitely use the site to answer questions re: rhyming and meter. I did not know that entire words could be stressed and unstressed.
February 27, 2013 at 11:39 pm
Romelle Broas
I LOVE Lane’s website! I am so happy you interviewed her. Rhyming has always been a mystery to me. The best lesson I learned from Lane is on Hypercatalectic AND Catalectic meter! Best lesson ever.
February 28, 2013 at 1:04 am
jcckeith
Interesting. I hadn’t ever considered it might be difficult to create great rhymes.
February 28, 2013 at 1:28 am
LeslieG
I learned that Lane created a fabulous website that i plan to visit often, and that she is a very funny lady. Kudos on both counts, Lane!
February 28, 2013 at 2:06 am
tinamcho
I had this site bookmarked, too. Great interview!! Thanks.
February 28, 2013 at 5:25 am
Luke Reynolds
What a wonderful post and interview, Tara! Lane, I love your sense of humor, and your passion for good rhyme–and RhymeWeaver is a remarkable site! Thanks for sharing your wisdom here and for free on RhymeWeaver!
February 28, 2013 at 6:59 am
thiskidreviewsbooks
Nice interview! The first Q&A was GREAT!
February 28, 2013 at 8:15 am
Michelle Barnes
What a fabulous post… I’m loving the RhymeWeaver website! I have a bit of the same “perfect” rhyming compulsion/obsession, but while my instincts are usually very good, it’s nice to have a site to turn to for exploring different rhyme schemes and for giving me the confidence to submit despite all the rhyming naysayers out there.
February 28, 2013 at 9:43 am
lindamartinandersen
Rhyme Weaver may even turn a rare rhyme maker like me into someone who understands meter! It’s step-by-step format is making a believer out of me. Thanks, Lane! What a great offering!
February 28, 2013 at 10:16 am
Mary Morrison
Thank you for your post
It is the most
You should boost
Great site. Thank you. I will be going back to it time and time again.
February 28, 2013 at 10:45 am
Caryn Schafer (@smellingoranges)
What a helpful site! The stressed and unstressed page was so great! I had never heard of oronyms before and the images were memorable. I won’t be forgetting the louder longer higher formula.
February 28, 2013 at 11:13 am
laurimeyers
I liked the explanation of Headless Anapestic Tetrameter – though there is so much great information on the site, it was hard to choose. I have been trying to figure out what “sing-songy” rhyme is which I’ve heard as a negative on some editor pages. Does sing-songy actually mean perfect meter, and some editors just don’t like that?
I would not have gotten the Moon River play if you hadn’t brought it up – RhymeWeaver just made me think of Dream Weaver which made me think of Wayne and Garth…
February 28, 2013 at 11:22 am
Tara Lazar
WAY!
February 28, 2013 at 5:57 pm
laurimeyers
Schwing!
February 28, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Hi, Lauri,
Read the section called Chasing the Rhyme 201. Look at the parts that talk about End Stopping and Ejnambment. Sing songy rhyme is generally all end-stopped. There’s a language element, too, but it’s usually in the caesuras (pauses)
February 28, 2013 at 6:05 pm
laurimeyers
Oh, Lane, my rhyming brain is blooming in your hands! I revise my answer to saying section 201 is my favorite.
February 28, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Melanie Ellsworth
What an amazing resource! THANK you, THANK you (trochaic dimeter?) This is so timely for me as I’m working on a revision of my rhyming picture book to try to make my meter more consistent. Section 105 A and B were so helpful for me – I was struggling with issues around metrical variance and now realize that it’s okay to have headless and truncated lines as long as the base meter is strong. I’m going to work my way slowly through the rest of this wonderful website – thanks to Tara for sharing it and to Lane for creating it!
March 2, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Yaaay. It is. It’s okay. I’m so glad you found it useful. good luck on your revision.
February 28, 2013 at 3:18 pm
Marcy P.
Oh my goodness! Thanks for sharing her website! What a great resource! I love her page of agents, her page of editors… her page of other writer resources as well! I’m just beginning to teach Creative Writing at Black Forest Academy… and this is a resource I will share with them. I especially like the posts on publishers accepting un-agented work! Thanks for sharing 🙂
February 28, 2013 at 4:49 pm
angelapenadahle
WOW! This is fantastic! I am working on a book in rhyme and RhymeWeaver has more information on it than I could ever dream of. The illustrations on it are so adorable, and the information looks like it is displayed in the most simple way. Kudos and many thank you’s to Lane for this gem! I know I’ll be using it often and sharing it! BTW Cecily looks like a fun read. I’d love to read it to my children.
February 28, 2013 at 11:18 pm
Christie Wright Wild
I like the lesson 204.slant rhymes – the almosts. I’d visited her site once before. It’s very impressive.
March 1, 2013 at 6:07 am
Barbara Senenman
While I knew about stresses and unstressed syllables, it was interesting to think about stressed words within a sentence; as well as levels of stress. I too took a course recently that talked about counting syllables. There is a lot at this site. I will revisit.
March 1, 2013 at 10:31 am
Joanne Roberts
Somebody in the PiBoIdMo FB group suggested this site weeks ago. I’ve been spreading the word to my limited circle ever since, but thank-you, Tara, for alerting the community at large.
Dream Weaver (“I believe you can get me through the ni-ight . . .”) is the most lucid resource, condensing everything I learned for my degree into a few lessons!
MVpoint: I knew you could truncate the meter, but was always terrified to add to it. Who knew? It even has a name, hypercatalectic! I must’ve slept through that lecture.
Thanks Tara. Thanks Lane.
March 1, 2013 at 10:33 am
Joanne Roberts
RHYME Weaver! Sheesh! I not only think “dream weaver”, I write it. SO sorry.
March 2, 2013 at 8:51 am
jarie waterfall
Thank you. I like this! We will learn more about rhyming. Love to rhyme. :-). If no one wants to publish rhymes, publish it yourself. 🙂 A new exciting world out there and children love rhymes! Thank you for this information I certainly will use it and want the book.
March 2, 2013 at 10:25 am
ruthingulsrud
Rhyming elegantly is not easy, but it is worth the work to master the magic. Some stories just seem to emerge in rhyme. “Princess Ramona, Beloved of Beasts” is an example. I would love to get some feedback from our word wrangling community.
Direct Link: http://bit.ly/PIscWi
Website: http://belovedofbeasts.com
It begins…
Come hear a tale to tickle your ears
About a young heroine, wise beyond years
Who loved every critter, both teeny and tall
Bravely determined to help one and all
…and did it for free too!
*************************************************************
Her kingdom was troubled with one wily thief
Whose stealing and plundering caused the king grief
Potatoes and piglets, string beans and sheep
Were stolen at night when the town was asleep
and peacefully snoring
What critter had both the raw strength and the gumption
To eat an entire corn crop in one luncheon?
The king had conniptions, he roared and he raged!
He’d catch every critter and have them ALL caged
to capture the culprit
*************************************************************
So Princess Ramona would rescue the fallen
The furry, the whiskered, the sadly down-trodden
Applauded by critters, this small trap-inspector
Was known as Ramona, Dear Lady Protector
Beloved of Beasts
*************************************************************
March 2, 2013 at 11:02 am
julialoha
I was so happy to find this site. I love rhyming and knowing that some publishers refuse it, I was enchanted to find your very encouraging
site. Thank you, thank you.
March 2, 2013 at 12:41 pm
Sheri
This will take some time to read and learn. But what a helpful site. Thanks.
March 2, 2013 at 3:58 pm
Lori Degman (@LoriDegman)
Tara, thanks so much for posting this awesome interview with Lane! And, Lane, thank YOU so much for your amazing website! How generous of you to provide such detailed information for rhymers! I consider myself a pretty solid rhymer and I thought I knew the rules of rhyme and meter but, after looking through your website, I realize I don’t know very much of the technical things associated with rhyme! I’ve been able to follow the rules instinctively without knowing what the rules actually are! I think my writing will be so much stronger with this knowledge behind it! Thanks again!!
March 2, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Lane Fredrickson
Thank you all so much for your kind comments and for visiting my site. And Tara, thank you for choosing me to interview. It’s been fun and I am really glad that my site is useful. Good luck with all your rhyme and meter. You CAN do it.
March 5, 2013 at 10:42 am
Tracey
I found about rhymeweaver a few months ago and was studying it and trying to apply it to some books I am writing. It was so informative, especially about the stressed and unstressed syllables. Great site! I will be back often I’m sure! Thank you!
March 5, 2013 at 12:02 pm
LauraHBlaura huliska beith
Wowsa! This is fantastic! As an illustrator and visual learner, Lane’s website is so helpful with all it’s visual references and examples. Thank you both for sharing!
March 5, 2013 at 4:24 pm
SevenAcreSky
This post is so liberating! I can hardly write for children without rhyme…so all the comments about perfection often discouraged me. I kept seeing work out there though that told the story well with rhyme and meter. So I kept writing. I DID become sensitive to the two however and I think my work has matured. Thank God it’s not lyrically illegal!
March 5, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Teri Evenson
Thank you both VERY much, Tara for posting the interview and Lara for your fabulous web site. I too found editors discouraging children pic book rhyming, yet I still see tham on the shelves. Lara’s web site has reinspired me. I really love the layout and the sections on stresses and unstressed sylables AND most importantly the rhyme (chasing the rhyme and refining rhyme). It would would also improve my week to win a copy of Cecily. Thank you again!
March 6, 2013 at 7:32 am
laurasalas
What a great site! I’ll be referring rhymers to it, for sure. My favorite part, so far, is the explanation of stresses within a line. It’s hard to get across that it’s not just the syllables that have stress, but the words themselves. Rhyming is complicated! Thanks for this resource.
March 7, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Penelope Anne Cole
Thank you for sharing this great information.
March 8, 2013 at 10:43 am
Dave Miles
Wow! I’ve been looking for some good information on rhyming and can’t wait to dig into Rhyme-Weaver. Thanks!!
March 9, 2013 at 10:49 pm
Lynn Anne Carol
Fantastic post. The book sounds charming. I can’t wait to head over to the site and check it out. Thanks, ladies.
March 15, 2013 at 11:42 am
Joan Y. Edwards
Dear Tara and Lane, I love Rhymeweaver.com website. It has many resources. I learned that Fitzhenry & Whiteside has a Children’s Publishing Division and accepts unsolicited queries. I learned that Lane has put many lessons about rhyming, like rhyme schemes and double rhymes. Thank you both for sharing your knowledge with us. I’d love to win a copy of Cecily.
Celebrate you
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards