Over the years, random quotes have come to me through articles, letters or madly copied notes at conferences. I kept them because when I’ve read them or heard them, I felt that marvelous confluence between my heart and mind. Kind
I wanted to say something to you after the grand opening of Women & Their Work’s permanent home but I didn’t want to come off like a pontificating adult talking down to a teenager so I let it go but…
Writers write heroines and heroes. Those characters drive our stories’ narratives. They bring heart and soul to our pages. Readers cheer for them. And weep for them, if the story turns in another direction. But here’s the thing, when we…
One of my very favorite quotes from A.A. Milne is “There was a moment right before Pooh began to eat the honey which was better than when he was, but he didn’t know quite what to call it.”
I have never been sexually assaulted, molested or raped. I have never felt the transgression of someone touching me without my consent. I did not think I was a member of the MeToo movement.
In fact, I felt like I…
I just finished a revision of my middle grade novel ABSOLUTE YES. At the center of the novel is a secret. When I started the revision, I thought that I needed to make the secret press harder on the characters…
In the world of baseball, there are several hall of fame players who have an asterisk by their records because their feats were in some way marked by underhanded behavior. Steroids. Gambling. Cheating.
Recently, the Seuss estate listed a number…
I can’t remember the exact moment I first heard those two words—Planned Obsolescence—put together. It was a while ago. The Eighties? Probably when something (printer? dishwasher? vacuum?) broke and I learned it was cheaper to throw out the broken thing…
Last week, I was in a meeting where all the participants were asked to take a test survey and give our responses to it. The survey administrators wanted to know if the questions were clear or confusing.
The issue of…
Last month I took part in a two week, on-line residency where everyone announced their pronouns when they introduced themselves and tagged their zoom name with their identifying pronouns. Until then, I had never felt the need to put my…
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Writing Resources
Because we work by ourselves, writers and illustrators often feel alone. We aren’t but sometimes we need to be reminded of all the great resources around us. Here are a few that I rely on for classes, news and general good thinking:
