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Here's to 2015! The Ta-Da List
(The Ta-Da list is a concept I first read about on Bethany Hegedus's Facebook page.)
Writing- Three novels revised, two of them at a very good place
- A new wip in progress
- SCBWI New York
- SCBWI New England
- Organized bi-monthly Meet & Greets in Essex Center, Vermont
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Walking Away with Small Caps
One sign of how much Sir Terry Pratchett's work affected this reader/writer that a day after his passing, I still tear up when I read others' tributes. His death has affected me more than that of any other writer I have admired--there's a sense of tremendous loss ( Read more... ) -
Word for 2015 - Persevere
2014 was a year of change, as I went from being a graduate student receiving monthly feedback from a faculty advisor on my writing, to being a graduate who didn't need to share material until she was ready ( Read more... ) -
Top Ten Books of 2014
I read 98 books in 2014. This does not include books I started but abandoned. (That would bump the total up to about 110.) The list also doesn't include picture books like Shaun Tan's Rules of Summer or Peter Brown's Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, both of which I really enjoyed ( Read more... ) -
Why High School is Like Reading
I'm exploring a new project, which shall remain nameless for the nonce (nickname--NFN). In the process, it seemed advisable to explore a subject area I remember taking in high school. Although remember might be the wrong verb ( Read more... ) -
David Mamet on Why Action is Important
One thing I discovered during my time at VCFA: Writers can learn a great deal from theater and movie people. Much of the time, it's movie people (McKee, Truby), but Sandra Nickel's graduate lecture helped me think about how to create non-cliche gestures for my characters, and theater greats like Stella Adler can help us create characters from the ( Read more... ) -
The Poet, the Land and the Word, or Why I'll Miss Galway Kinnell
Galway Kinnell died yesterday at 87. He was old enough to be my father (in fact, my father is a year older), but that's not why I'll miss him ( Read more... )
