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3 Things to Remember When Rebooting a Classic

Every now and again, as you read a book you realize the author has reimagined a classic story.  In this case, I just finished A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney.  In McKinney’s novel, Alice enters Wonderland to fight Nightmares.  By eliminating them in the dreamland she keeps them from entering the human world where […]

4th of July: Recharging and Regrouping

Normally the 4th is a time to be spent with family.  But social distancing has put a kink in that.  The good news is that the verteran’s home where Dad lives is reopening to visits (outdoors/social distancing) on Monday.  Maybe that’s why I’m feeling ready to tackle my writing. And that’s a good thing because […]

3 Thing You Must Do to Get Published

I am assuming that in spite of all that 2020 has thrown as us, there are two or three people out there who want to publish.  Here are the three things you need to do to see that happen. Write I get it.  It is hard to write in 2020.  But if you want to […]

Three Things I Learned about Setting Goals from Octavia Butler

Recently I told a friend that’s I just learned about the writing of Octavia Butler.  No, it isn’t because she is black and I read no black authors growing up.  It is because I didn’t read any fantasy until I was in middle school. None. And then I met a group of kids who introduced […]

4 Cognitive Functions: Use All to Strengthen Your Writing

Last week, I saw an interesting piece by K.M. Weiland about using all 4 cognitive functions to strengthen your writing.  First things first, I had to find out what they are.  Here is a bit on each and how to build them up. Intuition As explained by Weiland, intution is an abstract quality.  Think instinct […]

Writing Challenge: In One Word Poem

I only recently read April Halprin Wayland’s post about writing an “In One Word” poem.  If you write poetry, please don’t be offended when I refer to this as a fun challenge.  I’m not belittling poetry!   But since I don’t write it for sale, it is fun writing.  It is something I do for the […]

3 Reasons to Take Part in Camp NaNoWriMo

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Camp NaNoWriMo, this is a National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge that takes place twice a year, in April and July.  What’s the challenge?  You get to decide. Maybe you need to finish drafting your novel.  Maybe you need to send out queries.  Whatever.  You set the […]

Learning to Research Your Nonfiction

Yesterday I posted about my course, Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults. If you are interested in writing nonfiction but don’t know where to start, I am also teaching Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults.  Like my writing course, this one is also offered through WOW! Women on Writing. Here is […]

Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults

On July 6, the first session of my course Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults will begin.  Here is a detailed weekly plan. Week One: Starting with a Plan Whether you are interested in writing history, STEAM, or crafts, it is important to start with a plan. We will discuss the various projects everyone […]

4 Collections on Racism and Inequality from Hoopla

With public interest up, both libraries and bookstores are finding it difficult to keep books on racism, inequality, and racial injustice on their shelves.  One solution for libraries and library patrons comes from hoopla. Hoopla is a digital platform that makes books available through libraries.  In response to the demand for these titles, hoopla (and […]