Last week I printed out the first draft of book 2. I scheduled Thursday as the day to do my first read-through.
I started…
I fell asleep.
I stopped reading about 1/3 of the way through the 217page manuscript, because it was completely clear that it isn’t working.
Why am I sharing this?
To […]
I’ve reached the stage in my writing of book two where it’s time to step away from the trees and look at the forest. It’s time for the first read-through.
Writers love words. And when writing anything, it is easy and tempting to get caught up in the detail, the imagery, in the way a […]
I get to be on a panel entitled “Creating Creature Worlds” as part of the Clallam County ComicCon, one of the amazing summer programs presented by North Olympic Library System. If you live close by, put it on your calendar: Friday, June 24th 3—4pm at the Port Angeles Main Library. Related […]
The sun is out, the garden is flourishing, and the daylight hours are lengthy and generous. Summertime brings a wealth of memories, back from the days where school differentiated summer from all the other seasons. What are you summertime stories?
I don’t remember summer reading programs when I was growing up, but I do remember […]
Authors like Lois Lowry make me wonder: exactly what makes a children’s book for children? Sometimes the breadth of children’s books seems to exceed what you find written in many books for adults.
I’m just back from a weeklong vacation; grounds for lots of reading-for-fun. On the plane, I read a book of Lois Lowry’s […]
I’m excited to say I finally managed to get a clip of me reading from my book uploaded to YouTube! It’s also posted on my Goodreads page. Have a look!
I had an enlightening exchange with Jessica Peterson White, proprietor of Content Books in Northfield, MN, that I’d like to share […]
Those of you who’ve read The Curse of the Neverland will be happy to know I’ve been working away on book 2.
When I’m writing, it’s a bit like walking through a forest—I can’t see the forest for the trees. I have tools to deal with that, and that’s where I am now: trying to […]
A big welcome to those of you who’ve just joined us after coming to my book talk in Northfield last week! Be sure to check out the links below to download your free character posters and coloring book!
The talk was a spectacular occasion for me — so many special people in attendance including my […]
While I moved a lot when I was young, the bulk of my growing up years were spent in the lovely town of Northfield, Minnesota. It’s a real-live version of Garrison Keillor’s “Lake Wobegon” with a highbrow flourish owed to the powerhouse combo of Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges.
This is the place where my […]
My book and I are now on Goodreads.com. What I need next is for readers to write reviews, and to “recommend” the book to their friends.
I am (a lot!) late coming to the party at Goodreads.com. My colleagues at the library told me about it for years, but it took getting published myself to […]
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