Thinking Out Loud
Thinking Out Loud – A Journey Of Voice
A few years ago, it might have been more than a few, time is a bit waffle-y, I was sitting at a table with some pretty fancy writers and we were talking about teaching. One of them said the class…Thinking Out Loud – The Book Banning Issue
I am reading Jasmine Warga’s middle grade (for 8-12 year-olds) book THE SHAPE OF THUNDER*. It is a beautiful book. Central to the book’s plot is a friendship between two girls whose older siblings are taken by gun violence. (It’s…Thinking Out Loud -“I’ve lost the horizon”
Long ago and far away, I wrote a monthly column for Good Life Magazine about parenting. In one of those columns, I talked about boredom as an opportunity for discovery. The example I used was my daughter’s plaintive moan, “I’m…Thinking Out Loud – Those Who CAN…Teach
I remember when I first heard the opposite expression: Those who can’t, teach. It was said by a grumpy filmmaker who wasn’t getting the work they thought they deserved and teaching what they knew to others was somehow less than…Thinking Out Loud – A Hidden Story
“What has my favorite 101-year-old been thinking about? I glance over at Betty X Davis in the passenger seat of my car. She is sitting ramrod straight and leaning forward, as if eager to get to the Austin SCBWI annual…Thinking Out Loud: Exploring A Character’s Belief- A Personal Journey
Lots of craft books advise writers to construct deep back stories for the main characters in their books. I don’t disagree. But I also like to think about those character’s belief systems. A character’s belief about themselves and their world…Thinking Out Loud-Searching To Be Offended
This is what happened: I was at a wedding. I was minding my own business when a guest came up to me and said, “I can’t believe it. The bride didn’t include her father in the ceremony. We drove all…Housekeeping & A Small Bit of Thinking Out Loud
Sometimes, it’s time to clean house. Sometimes, you need a vacation. Sometimes, you need to hit pause. I set myself a challenge this year. I wanted to do regular blog posts, rotating between Writing Tips and Thinking Out Loud. I…Thinking Out Loud-In Memoriam – Jerry Wermund
On July 15, 2020, at the age of ninety four, an extraordinary man died. He wasn’t a flashy kind of extraordinary. He was kind. He was thoughtful. He had vision and insight. In short, he was the kind of man…L2-Writing Right Now
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