Natasha Deen's Blog, page 39

Will Work for a Song

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Doing edits on the play for the 2014 Sprouts Festival (so cool!!) and trying to come up with a song lyric that celebrates diversity…what I wouldn’t give for a meeting with Snuffy or Big Bird, right now.

Sunday

Song of the day is One Republic’s “Stop and Stare.” …this song is fantastic company as I wade back into the challenge and opportunity of the latest manuscript.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HtNS1afUOnE
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Sometimes I Wonder…

If I’m in the writing for the writing or the cool gadgets.

(Zagg folio with backlit keyboard)

Writing Process Blog Tour

Thanks to Judith Tewes for the tag!

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1.) What are you working on?

I’m currently working on edits for Guardian, a YA novel about a girl being haunted by the ghost of the boy of bullied her.

2.) How does my work differ from others of its genre?

I actually don’t think my work is that different from others in its genre; I love quirky characters, strong protagonists, and a huge dose of humour in my stories.

3.) Why do I write what I do?

I always imagine someone coming bac...

St. Albert Teen Poetry Slam, Sat. Apr 26th 2-4 pm

9 to 99!

T-Minus 3 hours and counting until the Writers Federation of Strathcona County’s 9 to 99 Conference runs! So looking forward to this–THANKS to Mandy Barnett & all the amazing people who made this happen!

Encyclopedia Brown – 5, Me – 0

Every time I want to remind myself I’m not as clever as I think, I read the middle-grade classics, Encyclopedia Brown. One mystery that a 10-year-old can solve (and apparently that I can’t) is enough to put me (firmly) back in my place.

Well, I Asked…

At the Bennett Centre camp with grade 3 & 4:

Me: Someone tell me something that would be cool.

Student 1: If you could fly!

Student 2: If you lived on a cloud!

Me: Totally! Anyone else?

Student 3: If you could swim in a pool of popcorn!

Student 4: You know what would be really cool?

Me: What?

Student 4: If college was free.

Mark Your Calendars!

So excited to announce my play will run in Concrete Theatre’s 2014 Sprouts Festival!

The festival is held June 14 & 15th at the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre and is open to all–babes in arms, too!

Be in the Game

Great advice from Bill Clinton:“The one option in life that is almost always the wrong option,” he said “is walking away and choosing not to be in the game.”