About two weeks ago, an opossum walked into my mudroom. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn't it? The kids were in bed. Chris was doing an evening session in the studio, and I had come down in my jammies to get a glass of water before retiring upstairs with a book. That's when I heard … [Read more...]
Lights, camera. . .CAKE!
I ask a lot of my kids. I ask them to read manuscripts and give me feedback. I ply them (and their friends) with questions about the age-appropriateness of certain (sometimes embarrassing) grade school behaviors. I make them stop what they're doing to write down a story idea when I'm elbow-deep … [Read more...]
But, it’s about a fish!
I read that when Kate DiCamillo got the call that she'd won the 2014 Newbery Medal for her middle grade novel, Flora and Ulysses, she cried; and said jokingly through her tears, "But, it's about a squirrel!"I know how she felt. Well. . . sort of. This was maybe not quite on the level of a … [Read more...]
Is it worth it?
Any writer who has been through the launch of a new book will tell you, the process can be all-consuming. Sometimes it feels as though it's impossible to write, and market your writing, at the same time. Whether you're a well-known author on book tour with a top tier release, or a newly published … [Read more...]
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