Suntan?

by | Jul 14, 2008 | Daily Writings

  My husband spends lots of time each day at the Community Gardens where he is the Compost King, a member of the squash, potato, and corn co-op, and has his own garden plot. He also “lifts heavy things” when needed. Because of this, he has gotten quite tan...

Bonus post

by | Jul 11, 2008 | Daily Writings

In addition to the Friday Five below, here’s a bonus (assuming you consider my postings a bonus). I’m guest blogging on my husband’s bike blog today.

The difference a year makes…

by | Jul 9, 2008 | Uncategorized

In a child’s life, the difference a year can make in their appearance, their progress, their abilities is amazing, but also very apparent. When you’re an adult, maybe not so much. Unless you’re a writer! The novel I am revisiting is one I wrote last...

Age appropriate reading material…or not?

by | Jul 9, 2008 | Uncategorized

Meg Cabot has an interesting post on her blog today about books and age appropriateness. You have to scan down a bit to the middle to find the part I’m talking about. It’s funny, but as soon as someone mentions whether or not a kid should be reading a book...

A wander down Memory Lane

by | Jul 7, 2008 | Uncategorized

I’m going to spend some time with a novel that needs a revision, but I’m also doing a side project. Somehow I ended up on The Highlights Foundation email list and every so often they send me “A writing tip from [someone famous]”. A few months...

Four Great Reads! Make that Five!

by | Jul 6, 2008 | Need to Read

Skip down to the next post to read about Jessie’s Mountain. 6X The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin – I have to admit that this didn’t really seem like my type of book from the cover and well…I don’t know. But I read it because the...

Five Reasons Why I Prefer YA Over Adult Fiction

by | Jul 6, 2008 | Uncategorized

1. Even the very serious teen books usually have lots of humor, angst about fashion, and boy trouble. So much adult fiction is about stuff you read about in women’s magazines or the newspapers: depression, unemployment, and cheating spouses. I’m sixteen at...

The Week of Photos in One Post

by | Jul 6, 2008 | Daily Writings

Hi all. To take up less space on the front page, I’m combining all the week’s photos into one post. So…if you’ve been visiting, this is not actually new stuff here, but it’s still cool!

The week of photos

by | Jul 6, 2008 | Uncategorized

If you skip down a couple of posts, you’ll see the one about photographers posting daily pictures of where they live. I told author Cynthia Lord about it because her husband takes beautiful photos. Well, she loved the idea so much that she has asked writers to...

Outlining Pays Off

by | Jul 3, 2008 | Uncategorized

Young Adult Chick-lit is usually hit or miss with me. I either love it or toss it aside after just a few pages. Because of that, I never really saw myself writing it. However, a few months ago, I’d been reading some I loved and I got my own idea for not just a...

Jessie’s Mountain by Kerry Madden

by | Jul 2, 2008 | Need to Read

You have to read this book! Well, first you have to read her first two books, since this is the third one in the series. These wonderful stories start with GENTLE’S HOLLER and LOUISANA ‘S SONG. I loved both of those and I’ve had this one sitting on...

CRANFORD & CRANFORD REVISITED

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized

I thought about putting this post on Need To Read, but it’s quite close to my heart. The story starts back when I was about thirteen. I was at the public library, it must’ve been summer because I didn’t read much during the school year, and I was...

Picture This!

by | Jun 24, 2008 | Daily Writings

So…there you are, writing away, and suddenly your character boards a plane for Pretoria, South Africa (can you even fly there? I have no idea…it might be a tiny village for all I know, or a huge metropolis) or your character’s father lives in...