Â What is Writers Rumpus? Marianne Knowles, who runs the writers critique groups I belong to, started a blog for children’s book writers and illustrators that is chock full of great information in twice weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays)Â by our crit group membersÂ and guest posters. I’ve written a few of these articles myself. One, titled Why thirty-two pages?, apparently had the most hits in a day of any post on that site: 465. Maybe it was a quirk? who knows. Anyway, all of us are committed to sharing info that’s worth people’s time.