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 …
Category Archives: Writing
Fame
You give some people a tiny bit of fame and they just can’t get enough. As is the case with Barrett’s mom — her hands made the last post and then she really really really wanted to get her face in. So I’m indulging her. Us in Forest Park: This also seems to be the …
Flowers and Piesgiving
These lovely, lovely flowers were sent to me by my Madison writers group as congrats on selling my novel to Disney/Hyperion. Aren’t they gorgeous? Earlier this year, my group got together with some other SCBWI-WI folks and made me a healing quilt. My cats took a liking to the quilt so now it’s hanging up …
Writing Tips
Recently, I got an email from one of my darling cousins about writing. She was asking about getting motivated to write, especially after having taken a break — in her words “get back on the ol’ writing horse” and how to complete projects and make writing a more integral part of her life. This comes …
What Not to Blog
kt literary did the world of authors a great big favor by asking editors what they’re looking for in an author site/author blog. If you’ve been racking your brains trying to figure this out, you should definitely check it out. While I enjoyed finding out this information very much, I was stunned to hear that …
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 …
I’m Turning Into a Tech Junkie
This may come as a surprise given that I had big plans to live a Thoreau-like lifestyle and gave away 90% of my earthly possessions recently to move to Portland. Then again, maybe not, as I recently went on and on about Skype in this VERY blog. I’m here to tell you that it’s true …