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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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;…
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…
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…
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…
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…