March 17
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I wore green and took a picture and put it on the internet. Grama, Grampa, Nonni, and Poppi all loved it. Three of my friends sent…
Persona Voice Questions: 3
Even though I have looked at these question off and on for almost 30 years, I find they are making me think in new ways because I am now thinking…
100 Picture Books Read
My goal is to read 100 picture books, most of them from the last year. This has been my goal for months, but I have not done it. I did…
Persona Voice Questions: 2
I wrote earlier about questions that have helped me think about voice over the years. (That was the original post on persona voice questions.) I know there are others I…
How to Get Unstuck
About 10 years ago, I came up with a list of questions to get me unstuck. Some of them are personal (so they wouldn’t apply). Some of them reference trademarks…
Writing is…
an experiment “I don’t see writing as communication of something already discovered, as ‘truths’ already known. Rather, I see writing as a job of experiment. It’s like any discovery job;…
Reading: Who Wet My Pants?
Who Wet My Pants? was written by Bob Shea and illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. The front cover says, “It’s not the crime… It’s the cover-up.” I found it shocking. No, not the…
Perfect Your Writing Persona
Candace “Candy” Fleming did a webinar for the 12×12 challenge. One thing she said that really made me think–again and again–was that you need to “stake your identity” by building…
Reading: Stick and Stone
Stick and Stone, written by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Tom Lichthenheld, was published in 2015. It is the story of two lone creatures who become friends. Obstacles include a…
WOW: Don’t Sit in the Woods
Margaret Atwood: “Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the…