Monday, November 16, 2020

Sparking a Book Idea: Part IV

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CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS THREE POSTS IN WHICH I GROPE TOWARD AN IDEA FOR MY LATEST BOOK I had my idea fairly well worked out on many pag...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Sparking a Book Idea: Part III

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CONTINUATION FEOM PART II, IN WHICH THE IDEA THAT SPARKED THE STORY ENDED UP PLAYING NO ROLE IN THE ACTUAL STORY AT ALL! At this point in th...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Sparking a Book Idea: Part II

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CONTINUATION OF PART I, IN WHICH I GET THE FIRST STORY-SPARK FOR A BOOK! So I had the teensiest spark of a book idea: I would write a book, ...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Sparking a Book Idea: Part I

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I have published sixty books for young readers. This pandemic year I wrote two more - both verse novels, a form I am now enraptured with. Th...
Monday, November 2, 2020

The Sweetest Story from My Forty-Year Career as a Children's Book Author

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A long time ago - maybe twenty years ago? - I received a letter in the mail from a young reader named Erika who lived near Burlington, Vermo...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

It's All Right Just to Be the Same Old (Adequately Wonderful) Person That You Are

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This weekend I'm speaking at a children's book writers' conference jointly hosted by the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Society of ...
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Monday, October 5, 2020

Packing My Bags for Children's Literature Adventures in Sweden

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At the start of 2020, I knew the year would be a challenging one for me because of family woes, so I decided I needed not just a bunch of li...
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