Why writers need to shut down their computers and go away: Ode to a Book (1) (excerpted) When I close a book I open life. I hear faltering cries among harbours. … Book, let me go. I won’t go clothed in volumes, I don’t come out of collected works, my poems have not eaten poems […]
This could almost work as Monday Book Love, because I really enjoyed Mike Mullin‘s book ASHFALL. It is a very cool premise: a normal fifteen-year-old boy Alex is home alone when the supervolcano brewing under Yellowstone National Park explodes. The world is covered in ash and Alex begins his journey away from his ruined home […]
Okay, this one requires some explanation. It might not look like an obvious item to generate waves of gratitude; a marked up document with lots and lots and lots of comments (read: problems). But I have found–through the miracle of the internet–an incredible group of writers who take the time to not only make these […]
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 […]
While this is, ultimately a advertisement, the message is quite wonderful. Happy Thursday, and enjoy the beautiful day. And choose your words carefully – they can make all the difference!
Most of us are familiar with the Yin Yang symbol (and some of us doodled it endlessly on our jeans and Chuck Taylors in an attempt to seem emo and soulful, and maybe sought out tee shirts and cheap silver jewelry emblazoned with it…but I digress). A Taoist symbol, it represents, in brief, complementary opposites. […]
I am, like Virginia Woolf, trying to get a room of my own. Well, an attic. Well, half an attic…the other half is the kids’ playroom. Still, I’m pretty psyched, and when it’s done I’ll post photos so the world can see where I sit when the muse calls (or where I check twitter, or […]
