Wednesday, July 25, 2018

The Week of Fixing Everything

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Here's my hard-won boast: I am extremely good at accepting what I cannot change. "Oh, well," I say with a sigh and a rueful gr...
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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Can the Joy of Time Away from Home Inspire Joy upon Returning?

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I am spending a blissful week at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where I taught in the Graduate Programs in Children's Literatu...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Creative Joy Progress Report

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As some of you know, my chief goal for 2018 is to have 10 hours of creative joy each month. I have strict standards for what counts as creat...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Finding Happiness Closer to Home

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I'm back from the Children's Literature Association conference in San Antonio, where I had the usual exhilarating time listening to ...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Is It Time to Hang Up My Spurs?

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I'm off on Tuesday to San Antonio for the annual conference of the Children's Literature Association (ChLA), the 800-plus-member org...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Inspired (and Humbled): Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers (WIFYR)

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I'm back from a grueling and glorious week in Utah, teaching a course called "Getting Ready to Write the First Novel" at the W...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The Funnest Summer Ever?

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Summer has always been my least favorite season. When I was younger, summer ranked last among seasons because I loved school and so pined mi...
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