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April 1, 2018
Continuing the Conversation ~ Readers as Gatekeepers . . .
[image error] For new folks—we’re having a continuing conversation on Mondays and Wednesdays; and, in about 11 weeks, it will also be on Fridays (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday will remain re-blogs from a select group of writers...)….
I said “continuing” because, even if no one comments on a post, I’ll keep the conversation going by myself :-)
So, the post last Wednesday—Continuing the Conversation ~ Shifting to Self-Publishing—looked into certain myths of Traditional publishing and measured those a...
Books Really Do Open Doors to the World by Lisa Schroeder
From the author of today’s re-blog:
“… somewhere along the way, I realized I didn’t want to write what I know. I wanted to write what I wanted to know.”
When I was growing up, we didn’t travel much. We went camping sometimes, when I was young and my parents were still married. After they divorced, though, most of my vacations were spent at my grandparents’ farm. It was a wonderful place, and I was happy to be there, but I also wondered about the world – wondered what it was li...
March 31, 2018
Writing Like a Mother
Are you a mom who wants to write; or, do you know one?
Here’s a heart-filling re-blog about choices, good and bad…
By Shanon Lee
Sometime after having a baby, and making a fateful decision to ditch grad school to pursue a writing career, I had this notion that writing while mothering would be easy. I imagined working from home would be orderly, convenient and efficient. It was simple. I would write in the quiet moments before our hectic morning routine got underway,...
March 29, 2018
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Eighty-Four
Trauma
by
Alexander M Zoltai
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They wouldn’t look back at her history—wouldn’t find the incidents that contributed to the shootings—would miss the earliest indications…
She’d been birthed to two immigrants—both from war-torn countries—each having their own version of trauma…
Mother had only transferred to her a massive sense of insecurity…
Father gave her the beginnings of her own trauma—not raping her; but, regularly, engaging in extremely inappropriate handling of her body… Some mig...
March 28, 2018
3 creative writing exercises to help you read like an author – at Reedsy
Very Important re-blog today…
Want to learn some ninja plotting skills? Try these exercises at Reedsy.
Reedsy is principally known as a marketplace for authors and publishers, but it also offers a range of useful lists, from review sites to writing tips. It’s just compiled a set of 100 creative writing exercises from its favourite bloggers (thanks, guys!).
I was invited to contribute three short exercises and I’ve chosen subjects that help you read with a writer’s mindset. The...
Continuing the Conversation ~ Shifting to Self-Publishing
Our Conversation post this past Monday has no comments so I’m continuing the focus on publishing but jumping over to Self-Publishing. [image error]
Since, for now, our Conversation posts are on Mondays and Wednesdays (though, there are short stories on Fridays and re-blogs on the other days…), I’ll mention that there are quite a few days after this post for folks to, possibly, comment about what I’m about to say; or, possibly, ask for the Conversation to shift to a different topic (if you’re new here and...
March 27, 2018
“E” is for “Entertaining” and “Educational”: Ten Picture Book Biographies Tweens, Teens, and Teachers Will Love! by Maggie Bokelman
Today’s re-blog author has “…a master’s degree in Children’s Literature…”
Even though the “E” on a picture book spine stands for “Everybody,” sometimes it’s mistaken for “Easy.” That’s unfortunate, because many picture books are complex and thought-provoking. In their 2009 book, Teaching Literary Elements with Picture Books, Susan Van Zile and Mary Napoli write, “A majority of current picture books are particularly geared for adolescents.” Lately, a slew of fabulous picture bo...
March 26, 2018
The Conversation Continues ~ More on Publishing . . .
We’ve been talking about publishing quite a bit recently—here, here, and, most recently, with, The Conversation Continues ~ the Issues with Traditional Publishing . . .[image error]
If you took those links, you might have noticed they’re all on Mondays or Wednesdays…
For now, those are the days devoted to Conversations; but, in 13 weeks (when I’ve finished all 95 Tales of my Story Bazaar), the Conversations will also be on Fridays…
So, back to the Conversation about publishing…
The last post did explore a...
March 24, 2018
Finding Your Passion by Stephanie Burgis
Today’s re-blog author says, “Where has your passion led you, in your life?”
I’ve always loved books about ambitious girls pursuing their passions, whether it’s the Fossil girls in Ballet Shoes fighting their way onto the stage, a young violinist playing her first big solo competition in Virginia Euwer Wolff’s The Mozart Season, or the members of the Babysitters’ Club forming their own successful business as kids.
It’s the kind of challenge that always resonated with me, beca...
#NeverAgain #MSDStrong #MarchForOurLives
Here’s a video I’ve posted before; but, today I’m reposting it to honor all the kids—in Washington, D.C., Parkland, FL, and over 800 places World-Wide—who are leading the adults toward a safer, saner world through an end to So Much gun violence by implementing rational gun control legislation…
Here’s to the March for Our Lives !
