Charlie Barshaw interviewed me about my kids’ books for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators of Michigan. The interview appears today in The Mitten at https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/writer-spotlight-janet-ruth-heller.html Thank you to Charlie and the SCBWI-MI! #picturebook #middlegradebook #bullyingprevention #self-esteem #solarsystem #siblingrivalry Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Darren Goodman
My one-act play Pledging has just been published in Rushing Thru the Dark by Choeofpleirn Press. The editor is Ruth J. Heflin. This short play takes only ten minutes to perform. Pledging is about two women friends who want to join sororities at Appleton College. However, they face discrimination as a Jew and an African-American. Pledging was performed at the Tritonysia Play Festival at Triton College (2017). You can purchase this issue of Rushing Thru the Dark in two ways: Choeofpleirn Press is selling the ebook version at www.choeofpleirnpress.com , and the print version is available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKN34JR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=363WDN66IWAKV&keywords=rushing+thru+the+dark+autumn+2022&qid=1664294638&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjMwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=rushing+thru+the+dark+autumn+2022%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1. #drama #oneactplay #discrimination #sorority #college Sorority women photo from Bing