Los Angeles. Whew! Back Home and yet. Not. An exciting week ahead. I have planned workshops and am using the new Guidebook to keep track of all things 40th anniversary event. 1250 people will be in the conference. We’ll be sitting on top of each other for lunch, but that’s okay. because…. The energy is…
Category: Art & Craft
slipping into writing mode…
I don’t know about you, but the ‘find fifteen minutes of writing time’ just doesn’t work for me. I need to sit, and get back to where I’ve been. And, I’ve been frustrated because that sucks up my writing time. Lately tho, I’ve been thinking it is more. More than getting back. More me becoming….
shaping a reader…
It’s a common saying…’in order to write, you need to read a thousand books’. Before you can write, you need to read. Everything. It all. Don’t stop. Keep going. Don’t think about it. Just READ! I read my first thousand starting in the library at Villa Cabrini Academy. Just off the quad where we lined…
critique etiquette…
because of a very generous Christmas gift from an amazing critique partner, I received a critique from Writer’s Ink’s Judy Enderle on my Middle Grade Adventure/SciFi STOLEN MIND. It was an excellent reminder of what makes a good critique. Just the way I was taught, if that is the right word, by a fantastic children’s…