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Comfort Reading

08.09.2011

I’m a huge fan of comfort food. There’s nothing in the world that a good dish of hot, creamy mac and cheese can’t fix. Just saying. Some people find comfort from settling in and watching old movies. Sometimes, though, it can be a book that lets you downshift and exhale. I’m reading one of those [...]

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Wanting Doesn’t Always Make It So

26.06.2011

When I ask students what their writing goals are, I sometimes get a variation of this response: Everything! I want to write for all ages—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, everything! Well, that’s not realistic, especially when it’s for every single readership age. Writers have their own unique voice on the page. Some write incredible humor for little [...]

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“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” —Anne Lamott

08.05.2011

When I first studied writing, an instructor asked me if I was a long writer or a short writer. Of course, I said long. Everyone wants to write novels, right? Except I’m not a long writer. I write short. I read something interesting (though don’t remember where), that short writers have a hard time keeping [...]

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I’m a Writer in Love…

14.04.2011

…with Scrivener. No, I’m not late to the party. I’ve had Scrivener for a while. But since most of what I write for kids is short (think magazine pieces), there was no point. Word was sufficient. I had put a couple of longer chapter book projects in and they just languished there. Not because of [...]

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