'Children's writing' Category
Brainstorm
Put your thinking totems on. I invite you to join the wackiness that is NaNoWriMo for just a few minutes and give me hand. I need a whole bunch of fictional YA book titles, dozens at least. Yes, indeedy, I’m writing about fictional fiction. Or something. It’s still a little confusing.
I need a variety of […]Guest Blogger: Becca, on NaNo
When I invited all you readers to join me on the NaNo adventure, Becca was the only one to accept. That alone is huge, but she’s also tap-tap-tapping toward a win. At this point, I think it’s safe to say that win or lose, she’s going to make a good showing. She already has.
Here’s a […]Radio Praetoria
Most people I know have music, radio, or TV on most of the time, whether they are actively listening or it is on as background noise. I don’t. I got out of that habit while caretaking, and came to like my relatively silent world. That’s part of the reason I can hear owls when they […]
Go, Go, NaNo!
Today is Day 5 of NaNoWriMo. I have not yet done my NaNo time today, but I will. Current word count 8,294 of 50,000. I hope to smash through the 10,000-word mark tonight.
I’m a greyhound at the track when I sit down to NaNo (It’s a verb! It’s a noun! It’s SuperFun!), even though as […]NaNo on the Morrow
ACK! A week ago, I thought I was a cool cabbage, totally on the ball, organized, maybe even (gasp!) ahead of schedule. Suddenly, it’s October 31, and the newsletter isn’t quite finished, I have to upload stuff to the Web site, I didn’t get my Vocab Fun work for today done, the house is a […]
Weekend Site Seeing
Two things for you today. First, a heartwarming article from The New York Times. Besides the idea and effort, I just love the name.
Next, I’m going to send you over to the Cybils. Have you heard of them? They’re literary awards bestowed by Kid Lit bloggers. This is the third year for the program.
The public […]Character Races
Earlier this week, YA author Mitali Perkins posed this question on Facebook, Twitter, and then her blog: Should authors describe a character’s race?
As a reader, I admit that I tend to gloss over character descriptions. My brain and I prefer to draw our own characters based on other information, including our own personal experience. My […]Weekend Site-Seeing
The madness begins two weeks from today. Thousands and thousands of people–kids, adults, authors, dentists, accountants, and bums–will embark on a journey to string 50,000 words together in thirty days as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I’ll be one of them.
Anyone can join the fun, and if you’ve ever had a dream, or […]Riding the Writing Wave
Freelance work comes in waves. There are times when it feels as though my life is nothing but needlework. Right now, it seems my life is nothing but writing.
That’s fine, of course, especially since most of what I’m writing is under contract, which means I’m actually getting paid to do it. Or, I will […]Weekend Site-Seeing
C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers Web site is, as you would guess, something I refer to in the writing half of my life. Among other things, Hope compiles lists of contests, jobs, and grants for freelance writers. She does not focus on children’s writing in particular, but the range of her resources is so […]
