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April: Poetry Month
Repair—Dorianne Laux After you fix the broken picture framewith wood staples and wire, take the glassrectangle to the kitchen and turn on the tap,hold it beneath and watch the water slide downthrough the dust. Balance that expanseon the divider between … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, April Poetry Month, Dorianne Laux, fiction, fiction writer, National Poetry month 2023, poetry, Spring 2023
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Spring Break: High Desert (Mojave Edition)
Last year I thought we’d spend this year’s spring break in Costa Rica, but Rte 66 and the Mojave National Preserve were shall we say more 2023 practical: I hate you Covid. Mitchell Caverns. Calico Ghost Town. The Jenny Rose … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, Alien movies, Calico Ghost Town, California High Desert, children's literature, Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch, fiction writing, Jenny Rose, Leaving Las Vegas, Mitchell Caverns, Mojave National Desert, Peggy Sue's Diner, poetry, Providence Mountains, Sheryl Crow, spring break 2023, writer, writing
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Except He Doesn’t Proofread My Blog Posts
Now that the Feb (me) and March (spouse) event-packed birthdays are over, it’s back to work. I purposefully let my MG synopsis and first 10 pages of the manuscript marinate while I ate cake and socialized with my people. Grateful … Continue reading
Fielding Distractions
SoCal rainstorms, SNOW!!!, and my (feels-like-95th) birthday have distracted me from completing important tasks since Valentine’s Day (also a distraction), such as wiping puppy noseprints from windows, or filling in gopher holes. However, I’m not distracted from my creativity–writing, submitting, … Continue reading
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Time to Read
Valentine’s Day present from husband and the teen. Perfect! Wish I could start reading now. Yours in hearts and candy (whether chocolate or books), PB
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Tagged 2023, fiction, good books, great literature, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait, women authors
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Absolutely the Place
Took me a while to finish this novel, but not because it’s not riveting. I was savoring each chapter. Maggie O’Farrell’s ability to introduce multiple characters on a page and pull out their souls for the reader to examine? A … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, faction, fiction, fiction writing, Literature, Women novelists, writer
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Hearts on the Horizon
Hurtling towards February, my birthday month, I’m still writing every day thanks to Nephele Tempest’s December Writing Challenge AND I almost have my synopsis ready (though–are synopses ever really ready?) for my women’s fiction novel AND the synopses for my … Continue reading
More on loglines
Instead of grousing about writing loglines, I’m sharing my go-to list when composing them. My husband, the scriptwriter, calls this list a formula. Although the following doesn’t make my grousing cease, it does temper it and, truthfully, makes approaching writing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, cats, creating a logline, fiction, fiction writer, loglines, peanut butter cup ice cream, writer, writing formulas, writing goals
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O Loglines!
To be 100% honest, I hate writing them. I tell myself: fantastic writing exercise! Or: you’ve just written 5 potential maybe-winners! Or: it’s midnight WTH. And: time to pay somebody. Query letter, synopsis, logline are sometimes the ONLY bits in … Continue reading
Night Writing Paradise
If I was to write solely by night, every night I would want to do it here: Which is also here: Here: And especially here: Sadly, this installation is temporary. I did let them know I’d be happy to take … Continue reading
JANUARY 1, 2023
HAPPY WRITING NEW YEAR! PB
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Tagged 2023, cats, Childrens Literature, fiction writing, good books, Happy New Year 2023, kidlit, Middle Grade Fiction, Pets, womens fiction, writer, writing, writing for adults
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The Flexible Writing Schedule
I love when authors I admire share writing schedules/non-schedules. Most seem to have a set routine–which I marvel at as I tend to ricochet around the hours–or the hours ricochet around me when I’m at my computer. I’m most focused … Continue reading
Solstice Check-in
December 21st and I’ve written or revised novels every day this month except for 1, when I was in the throes of that chest cold going around. Still feeling the chest cold. Writing anyway, keeping to agent Nephele Tempest’s December … Continue reading
O Holy Decor!
World’s tiniest Santa Claus tries to break into our house! Every night! Through January!
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Tagged 2023, Christmas 2023, Christmas Decorations, fiction writing, kidlit, middle grade writing, Santa Claus 2023, writing
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A Breath of History
The last time I visited the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, my then-boyfriend and I ordered drinks from the Tropicana poolside bar, our waitress wearing a copy of Marilyn’s ‘Seven Year Itch’ white dress. We sipped alongside 2 Spideys and a Batman … Continue reading
SCBWI-LA and CenCal Writers Day ’22
So happy to finally attend in person again. Looking forward to seeing one of my favorite kidlit authors, librarian and conference host, Sally Rogan. Full day of mass-info-absorption in an inspiring environment. See you there. #WritersDay2022
Welcoming the Warg
So–recently we adopted my son when he was a baby, only in puppy form. My son is 14. It’s been a while since the cutest-of-babes escaped under tables and chairs with deadly pens/pencils (scooted to the floor by our cats) … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, babies, children's literature, Dogs, fiction writing, furbabies, life, middle grade writing, personal goals, poetry, Puppies, writing
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Summer Goals (Part 2)
I’ve enjoyed summer despite living in fire country, which means our vital documents are packed in travel boxes until maybe November, pet carriers lined up in the garage, everything ready to be loaded, if necessary. My summer-normal. Yours, too? I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Cambria, children's literature, Elephant seals, fiction, fiction writing, first drafts, Hearst Castle, Highway One, life, middle grade writing, personal goals, San Simeon, writer, writing, Writing life
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JULY (Miranda Edition)
Whenever I hear complaints about July, most of which have to do with hot weather, I immediately think of Miranda July, her quirky stories, films, and mostly the bagged goldfish on top of the moving car…especially that image, which for … Continue reading
O Summer! (Goals Edition)
School’s out for summer! My giant goal–apart from making every Tuesday an outings-day for the teen, i.e. museums, Olvera St., 3rd Street Promenade, Zuma, downtown library, Vasquez Rocks, that room where you can go and break crockery for an hour, … Continue reading
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Tagged #summer, 2022, Catios, fiction writing, kidlit, Los Angeles, MG fiction, summer vacation 2022, writing
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Update: Nanowrimo
My 2021 Nanowrimo (aka momomo) middle-grade novel from last November is in the revision stages, especially the first 10-20 pages. Revising what I mo-ed like geyser-gush from a broken sprinkler head last year is: good. I truly enjoy the challenge … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, children's literature, fiction writing, life, middle grade writing, Nanowrimo, personal goals, poetry, SPRING2022, Teenagers, writer
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Post Birthday Questionnaire
How old are you? Not old enough.What do you want? Greater physical/emotional strength. To write more than I am writing. To see more wild sea otters.What have you given your teenager that is worthwhile, or impressionable? Apologies when I’m wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, children's literature, fiction, fiction writing, hope, life, middle grade writing, Morro Bay, nature, personal goals, Pets, poetry, sea otters
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