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Quote For The Weekend (Strickland Speaking–W/Swedish Au Pair)
You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be — I had a Mother who read to me. –Strickland Gillilan Who read to me: Mother, great-grandmother, grandmothers, godmother, great … Continue reading
Writing Advice
Just when I think I’ve read it all (which usually means it’s time to read more), the YA Muses post this. Loads of advice from debut authors. In fact, all week the Muses have been posting helpful writing advice from … Continue reading
Space Aliens Blow Up Fast Food Joints
Or: Writing In Increments (daylight edition) Between the post-workout shower and the trip to Redbox to return movies you suddenly noticed on the bookshelf as you craned your neck to see if your leg was straight as it pulsed to … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, dog, Fiction, To Explain, writing, Writing Progress
Tagged 2012, aliens, cooking, dolphins, domestic bliss, fast food, fiction writing, karate, labrador, McDonald's, middle grade writing, organic, preschoolers, Starbucks, writing
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Good Morning Boo
I know it’s a grand revising day when I sit down at the computer to check email, but end up obsessed with the Word document on the desktop instead, until my son reminds me it’s time to brush his teeth so … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, middle grade, To Explain, writing, Writing Progress
Tagged 2012, Amazon, children's literature, email, Facebook, fiction writing, Goodreads, Halloween, hulu, Louise Hay, Lowes, middle grade writing, personal goals, Pinterest, preschoolers, pumpkins, The Pioneer Woman, Weelicous, YA Muses
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Quote For The Weekend (Batman Edition)
The Joker: No, nooooo. I don’t want to go back to jail, Batman! Batman (in remarkably, even slightly eerily calm voice): I know. But—you’re the bad guy. The Joker: Yeah, I know. I’m the bad guy! But—but—AHHHHH! (repeated screams) Batman: Robin? … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (About Ends Edition)
I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try. —Nikki Giovanni Recently Write Naked posted this quote … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Quotes, Writer's Angst, writing
Tagged 2012, Alison Lurie, John Steinbeck, Nikki Giovanni, poetry, quotes on writing, Slyvia Plath, The Truth About Lorin Jones, writing
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Nebula
As I work insanely on revising and getting used to my new progressive reading glasses (gah!), I urge you to pop over to Beth Hull’s website and read what she has to say about pitching agents and matters of that … Continue reading
Notes From Around Town
As I idled at a red light, MacArthur Park and Alvarado, a spry, elderly woman entered the crosswalk, head down, waving her arms. She wore a crossing guard’s vest, jeans, running shoes. After she passed my car (of course she … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, Fiction, writing, WTF
Tagged 2012, beach, Chango, chaos, Echo Park, Los Angeles, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (The Let’s Pretend It’s Still Saturday Edition)
Quote potpourri! Quote jambalaya! Quote papier mache! Quote mixed bean salad (with balsamic vinaigrette and BPA-free writing instruments)! There is no need for a writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell what mutton tastes like. It … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Theatre, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, writing
Tagged 2012, Antonin Artaud, Dorothy Parker, fiction writing, Ionesco, Maughm, quotes on writing, Thoreau, writing
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Once Upon A Time In Gloomy Oxford
1970-something, bookstore, downtown Oxford, England. Cloudy, moody late afternoon (there were so many, which makes the memories of sunny days–sky a blue to gasp over, cottonball clouds, Radcliffe Camera’s dome sunsparked, even musty old Carfax Tower rinsed and bright—stand out all the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, middle grade, writing
Tagged 2012, Carfax Tower, children's literature, fiction writing, middle grade writing, Oxford, PG Tips!, Radcliffe Camera, Roald Dahl, writing
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Coasting From One Weekend Quote To The Next
Maybe I’m a writer because I’m desperately trying to clean up my mess. Other people go into therapy or become psychiatrists just to clean up the mess. Well, I couldn’t afford therapy at the time I needed it the most, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Children's Books, Fiction, Me and Us, To Explain, Writer quotes, writing, Writing Progress
Tagged 2012, Batcave, cooking, domestic bliss, fiction writing, Isabelle Allende, middle grade writing, Naomi Epel, personal goals, preschoolers, quotes on writing, Wild Krats, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (The “I Totally Forgot” Edition)
Finally going to read the book. The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing – rare but profound – remains at the true heart of the enterprise. … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, writing
Tagged 2012, Batcave, Earl Of Oxford, earthquakes, fiction writing, Francis Bacon, Jeffrey Eugenides, La Brea Tar Pits, labradoodles, LACMA, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, preschoolers, Pulitzer, Shakespeare, Shame, The Marriage Plot, We Bought A Zoo, writing
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Dear Lucky Agent Contest
I’m going to enter. Are you? Follow the link below for complete details. Link: Lucky Agent Contest CONTEST DETAILS This contest will be live for approximately 14 days—from Aug. 13, 2012 through the end of Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, PST. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, middle grade, writing
Tagged 2012, fiction writing, Lucky Agent Contest, middle grade writing, writing, writing contest
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Quote For The Weekend (Saroyan Edition)
How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how, and you do it the way the old English walnut tree puts forth leaf and fruit every year by the thousands. . . . If you practice an art … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, writing, Writing Tips
Tagged 2012, English walnuts, fiction writing, quotes on writing, William Saroyan, writer's angst, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Make Believe Edition–Or IS it)
When it was decided (When was that again, and by whom?) that we were all supposed to choose between fiction and nonfiction, what was not taken into account was that for some of us truth can never be an absolute, … Continue reading
All Heated Up (With Spiders)
We are experiencing triple digit weather. Triple digits means hatchings and unwelcome visitors indoors. Cloth-eating moths. Black widows. Giant waterbugs, which I call cockroaches, which my husband insists are waterbugs—regardless, they make the cats crazy in the middle of the night and startle … Continue reading
Posted in books, Children's Books, Fiction, Me and Us, writing, WTF
Tagged 2012, black widows, Elizabth Peters, fiction writing, He Shall Thunder In The Sky, heatwaves, life, preschoolers, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Gore Vidal Edition)
You can’t really succeed with a novel anyway; they’re too big. It’s like city planning. You can’t plan a perfect city because there’s too much going on that you can’t take into account. You can, however, write a perfect sentence … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writer quotes, writing, WTF
Tagged 2012, Bunker Hill, Echo Park, fiction writing, Gore Vidal, KCRW, Los Angeles, NPR, poetry, quotes on writing
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Links Time
It’s been a week of discovering useful blog links. I’ve hopped from link to link and then some, pausing only to drop the boy off at summer camp, pick him up, play Batman & Dinosaurs, fix dinner, twist myself into … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, Children's Books, Fiction, middle grade, writing, Writing Tips
Tagged 2012, Alexandra Sokoloff, Beth Hull, children's literature, creative commons, fiction, middle grade writing, paninis, Pinterest, Pub Rants, public domain, Talia Vance, Veronica Rossi, wikimedia commons, writing, YA Highway, YA Muses
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