Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Help! I've Forgotten How to Write a Book!

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Buoyed by my recent success (after a stretch of discouragement) in writing my most recent book,  The Last Apple Tree , and selling it to my ...
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Monday, May 1, 2023

Spring Comes at Last to Rainbow's End

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Today is the first day of May! Hooray! So as I (almost) always do on the first day of a month, today I start a new life. It's also a new...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Just When I Thought My Career Might Be Over . . . It Wasn't

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I have given many motivational talks throughout my long career as a children's book author, cheering on fledgling authors through disapp...
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Monday, March 27, 2023

A Middle-Aged, Semi-Retired Academic Ponders Her Future

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Years ago, when I was still a full-time, tenured professor of philosophy, navigating the rewards and frustrations of that career, I came up ...
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Saturday, March 11, 2023

To Think or Not to Think: That Is the Question

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My recent posts have focused on my search this year for some form of "closure" on my decades-long career as children's book wr...
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Saturday, March 4, 2023

More Thoughts on "Closure" - Slammed Door or Gently Closing Gate?

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One of my first realizations when I began to ponder what "closure" might mean for me in this stage of my career as writer and scho...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Reflections on "Closure"

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I read a piece of blogging advice some time ago. One thing it said was: "If you have a lapse in your blogging, don't call attention...
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