“Maybe you can help my cellmate, Mineola Potts. She’s such a nice lady.” “What’s she in for?” “Jaywalking.” … “Was she really arrested for jaywalking?” Tony asked. “Indeed she was, poor woman,” Mrs. Carillon replied. “She was very hungry and had nothing to eat, so she borrowed two cans of lobster meat and a tin…
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….
book reviews…
A recent book review in the Wall Street Journal has caused a major upheaval in the YA children’s lit world. Meghan Cox Gurdon wrote about the ‘dark’ topics in YA lit. I can’t help but wonder why there is so much defense in play over this article? One well-published, well-respected author suggested on FB that the…
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…
conference choices…
hmmm…time to pick what sessions I want to attend at the SCBWI LA conference this coming August so that the fabulous, amazingly organized and charming Patricia Wiles can schedule RAs/ARAs working assignments. Sheeze, first I have to get my own manuscript consultation in the mail, finish the planning for the SCBWI Carolinas conference, one wedding,…