When I was a teenager, I used to say, with more than a hint of sarcasm, that thirteen was my lucky number ( Read more... )

1. The muse is still with me, bless him. I'm on page 49 of the non-fiction wip now. That means I added almost five pages today. Best of all, I left it in a spot where I know what I'm going to say next.

2. Reading to kindergartners. My Rotary goes to the local elementary school one Thursday morning a month to read to the students. The kindergarten ( Read more... )

Conference haiku

Begin in silence
add a trickle of voices
build your own Babel.

We writers certainly know how to break out of our solitary lives. It's one of the things I love about coming to the New England SCBWI conference. But boy, when we're all busy connecting, we sure can make a din,  one that is a good indication of "making a joyful noise