Funny little word that, craft. A dictionary might define it as ‘a skill involved in making things by hand.’ Or, ‘to make or construct (something) with care or ingenuity.’ A craftsman is a chooser–– of the raw material, the design of the material, even the final outcome of putting all that material together, what the combined material will be. A craftsman is skilled––’having…
my kind of keynote…
SO. HERE IS TAKEAWAY NUMBER ONE! A couple of years back I was advised that reading Alex Rider would be a good thing for my writing. To read like a writer and see an action novel unfold. Because of the source of the recommndation I found the first book, published in 2000, and gobbled it…
Reflections: SCBWI NYC 2015
The NYC conference is a mash-up of greeting friends, meeting new people, get-togethers with regional members and the scheduled events. I always hope there is something I can take from the presentations be they keynotes or breakouts sessions or even intensives. Last year it was Jack Gantos who stayed with me for long after the…
Now there are two….
Now there are two baby grands. Emmeline born in September, and Mia born in December. Almost, well, exactly three months apart. It was amazing to see them side by side. It was remarkable that my baby daughters had baby daughters. I gave the expected Grandmommy prayer: Lord, let my girls have children exactly like themselves!…
White Collar
Okay, this is a gripe, a complaint, a boo-I think you blew it. Yikes! To the producers of the television show, White Collar: How did you possibly think that that was a good ending? I mean. Seriously? Throughout the entire series we saw Neal evolve into a person who appreciated family, who found that there…