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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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Pretty Please, May I …

10.04.2011

A lot of times, students ask me what they should be writing. They want to know what readership age, what genre, what topics. I get a lot of tell me what you want me to do. It puzzles me. Over at My Tangible Art, Lisa had an interesting post about giving yourself permission. I thought [...]

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Crossroads

05.01.2011

For me, 2010 wasn’t the best of years. Career-wise I had a Sisyphian year. Everything I put my hands on in the children’s book market did not work out. Editors, agents—all closed doors. More than once, I’ve wanted to give up. But I didn’t. Now I’m sitting here, knowing I will write. What I don’t know [...]

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What Anne Said

03.10.2010

I love reading other writing blogs (okay, and knitting ones, too). One of my favorite blogs is Anne Bingham: Making It Up As I Go. Her last post on October 1st—”So You Want to Write for Kids?”—is a fantastic primer for any new writer. I hope you pop over and check it out. Children’s writers—all [...]

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