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Children’s books

The Long and Short of It

02.09.2010

When I ask students about their writing goals, almost everyone says they want to write a book. (A lot say they want to write a series, but that’s a whole other post.) It’s the rare person (and I mean rare as in you can count them on one hand and have fingers left) that ever [...]

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That First Step

12.08.2010

There’s this scene in one of the Indiana Jones movies where our hero has to cross a gorge, only there’s no bridge. One step, and he’s a goner. That’s how I feel about writing sometimes—no bridge, no path, no way across. Then I remember the rest of that scene when Indie—after much inner conflict—musters the [...]

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The Tug of War Between Literary and Commercial…

05.08.2010

There’s been some talk lately around the kid lit blogs about literary fiction versus commercial. Although nearly impossible to define—and let’s not forget how subjective that definition would be as well—literary fiction is perceived to be more quiet, lyrical, and character driven, where commercial fiction is plot driven. Fine. But is one better than the [...]

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Eeney, Meeny, Miney, Mo…

30.06.2010

Surprises? I can take or leave them. Yesterday, I loved them. I’ve been keeping my distance from my MG WIP, circling around it, poking at it with a stick. Just when I was ready to chew myself out for procrastinating not sitting down and working on it, a rush of ideas found me—for another manuscript [...]

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