Monthly Archives: December 2016

SCBWI

Posted on December 11, 2016 by PB Rippey

Have you registered for the (Los Angeles chapter) SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Day 2017? It’s happening February 25th at the Skirball Cultural Center, a venue I once frequented in order to exercise my former toddler in the  intriguingly lit Noah’s Ark … Continue reading →

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On Rejection

Posted on December 9, 2016 by PB Rippey

Recently I was lucky enough to have a conversation with someone I deeply respect and I was moaning a little about rejections I’ve received lately. The person suggested I stop calling them ‘rejections’ and refer to them instead as ‘No … Continue reading →

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Brief Reverie (w/Iron)

Posted on December 6, 2016 by PB Rippey

As I was ironing my husband’s dress shirts last night: channeled a story about 3 lifelong friends who unfriend each other on Facebook due to arguments over whether certain basic inalienable rights should be basic and inalienable at all (buying … Continue reading →

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Flurry

Posted on December 4, 2016 by PB Rippey

Newsflash: It’s December, 2016. I know because the seasonal falling snow plugin is up and running on WordPress. Tonight, we welcomed in December’s Holiday craziness with snowman carousing and a bit of tubing on Leo Politi’s old property in Elysian Park. … Continue reading →

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