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Setting: Getting Specific

The story that I’m working on is set in the Himalayas.  One of the problems that I’m dealing with is that there are only so many ways to say stone without sounding like you are raiding the thesaurus.  I’m also having to look for a variety of ways to say climb, slope and steep. I […]

Golden Kite winners announced!

Late last week the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators announced the winners of the most recent Golden Kites.  Woo-hoo!  The Award recognizes excellence in each of six categories: Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Picture Book Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction for Older Readers, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration. This year there […]

Seeking Inspiration: 3 Things I Learned from Marla Frazee

Last week, I saw this amazing short video of Marla Frazee while I was on the treadmill.  I say amazing because it was inspirational on so many levels. Here are three things that I took away from it.

Marla Frazee from Adam Goodwin on <a […]

Winners!: Winners of the Walter Dean Myers Award for 2018 Announced

The​ ​Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Award,​ ​also​ ​known​ ​as​ ​“The​ ​Walter,”​ ​was​ ​named​ ​for​​ ​author​ ​Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​who passed away in 2014.​ ​Myers​ ​was​ ​the​ ​third​ ​National​ ​Ambassador for​ ​Young​ ​People’s​ ​Literature,​ ​appointed​ ​​by​ ​the​ ​Library​ ​of​ ​Congress in​ ​2012​.​ ​Take a look at his books and it is clear that he wrote and promoted […]

What Does It Take to Be a Successful Writer

What does it take to be a successful writer?  I don’t mean what does it take to publish.  I mean what does it take to be a Name. That is something I started thinking about this morning when I saw a comment a reader – ok, my mother-in-law – made on my Facebook author page. […]

National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: Jacqueline Woodson

Did you know that each year the Library of Congress appoints one writer as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature? Last year, the Ambassador was graphic novelist Gene Yuen Lang. He worked to encourage young readers to read beyond their comfort zone.   This year’s Ambassador is Jacqueline Woodson. Woodson is the author of […]

Critique Group: One Way to Keep Your Writing in Perspective

Yesterday I had a critique group meeting.  I almost didn’t bring my manuscript because I just wasn’t thrilled with it. The funny thing? They really like it.  They laughed at the funny parts.  They loved that my main character was into science. And one person pointed out that the setting really came alive. Not to […]

Rewriting: Getting Back into the Project

My first big writing job for the year will be doing a rewrite on a middle grade novel.  The first couple of chapters will be pretty easy comparatively.  They were written when I still thought it was a chapter book and didn’t realize it was early middle grade. When I realized the mistake that I […]

Your Yearly Word: A Single Word to Inspire You

Margo Dill, one of my writing friends, has faced a grim reality where resolutions are concerned.  She doesn’t keep them.  For the past several years, instead of setting resolutions, she chooses a word for the year.  Throughout the year, she works to focus her efforts around that one word. In 2017, she chose peace.   This year […]

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  I hope you have some fun plans for New Years Day. As I write this, it is New Year’s Eve.  We got up to water standing in the dishwasher and kitchen sink.  At least the bathrooms are still draining but my husband is working at clearing the drain pipe.  Actually he’s working […]