What I’m Not Going to Blog About

What I’m Not Going to Blog About: —I will not be describing in detail the immense pain in my liver and lymph nodes that has taken over my every waking thought over the past few days OR whining about how miserable and itchy and rashy I am OR sharing interesting metaphors to describe the digestive …

Who’s In Charge of This Story?

Whew. I just finished Inkdeath. It is a fat fat book. I’ve always loved the Inkheart books and how they make you think about being a writer and a reader. This one has quite a few moments where the author gives what I think is an incredibly accurate view of what’s going on in a …

Fiction Before Noon (and other rewards)

I’m a huge believer in rewards. You write one word, you get a cookie! Or a pat on the back or a nice hot shower or something. How else do people get anything done? I guess there are those strict worker bee types who maybe don’t need rewards. I’m not one of them so much. …

Portland Kidlit Conference Part 2

There’s something intimidating about blogging about a blogger’s conference when you are surrounded by a million serious bloggers. Alice, one of the lovely people I met at the conference, said something similar in her blog, so I feel like I’m not the only one. Whew. But then she went on to post a great conference …

Kidlit Bloggers Conference 2008

Wow. The Kidlit Bloggers Conference on Saturday was awesome! A lot of super fun bloggers and writers, a lot of great information, and plenty of new blogs to read. The food wasn’t even too bad. Hurray for conference planners who like vegetarians and don’t feel like it’s okay if we starve, knock off, and quit …