This is a fun road trip that the YA Highway folk have dreamed up (even if I wish I were traveling by jet pack. When are they coming? Seriously!) Today’s topic: What writing superpowers do you have? And what’s your kryptonite? Well that’s easy. My superpower is the same as many other writers, and it’s […]
(source) This is not a subtle blog post. Nor is it about literature. Or my kids. Or publishing. It’s about a basic right that people all over the world fight for, are tortured for, are willing to die for. It’s a right that, in this country, over half the population DOESN’T BOTHER TO DO. That’s […]
I hate it when they do this, I really do. Those sadists over at YA Highway always like to make us choose favorites, and I hate that. (I have a real problem with any hierarchical ranking…I realize this about myself. I don’t even like to rank my favorite breakfast cereals, let alone songs, books, movies, […]
YA author and fellow New Englander Jo Knowles had a lovely writing exercise on her blog yesterday that I want to imitate. (I would have done it yesterday if I hadn’t been felled by some hideous stomach/fever/virus thing. Misery). Anyway. The assignment: 1) Find a photo that makes you happy 2. Make a “list poem” […]
It’s been a glorious summer. Truly wonderful. Small Daughter and Large Son are at an incredible age where they relish their independence but also enjoy time with us, the parental units. They can keep up in the big waves, and on the big trails. We had a blast. It looked a lot like this: And […]
Those of you who have either read or heard about SWIM, my paranormal YA book, know that I have no small obsession with the ocean. It was surprisingly and perhaps frighteningly easy to imagine myself in a world where water was strength and power, and land a lovely and mysterious danger. Makes perfect sense for […]
It’s a lot of this: Some of this: A little of this: Some of this: And a couple of these: HAPPY SUMMER!!!!
