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Words are dangerous. No really, they are. That old rhyme of Sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-will-never-hurt-me? What a load of hooey. Words are powerful. They are weapons. They are balms. Words change the world. In the early/mid 1800’s Heinrich Heine, a German-Jewish poet said, “Whenever books are burned,… Continue Reading “Dangerous Words”
I needed chapstick. That’s why I stopped at Meijer (our local supermarket) first thing in the morning. I pulled into a space relatively close to the door so I could get in and out and go about my day. There was a cart in… Continue Reading “Abandoned Paperbacks”
I’m so honored to have a guest post over at Jessie Heninger’s place. Jessie is a dear friend and fellow writer. Her blog is sweet and lovely. You should look around at a few of her posts!
I’ve read a whole lot of books this summer. Most of them were read out loud, my kids listening and giggling and sitting in wonder of the places story can take us. We are on the last of 14 books in the Oz series.… Continue Reading “Summer’s End — And A Give-Away!”
I love history. So many threads of story weave into a large tapestry of our past. That piece of art is what makes us who we are, whether we like it or not. It’s what connects us to larger events, distant family, and informs… Continue Reading “History With Grit”
This has been the summer of dirt under the fingernails. Of worms wiggling in open hands and mud smudged noses. I told someone at the beginning of the summer that my goal was to let my kids get filthy-dirty every single day. A muddy… Continue Reading “Get Your Hands Dirty”
Late Wednesday evening I finished the second draft of A CUP OF DUST. How do I feel? Well. I feel like I still have some work to do. I’ve made a list of things that need to be fixed within the plot, a character… Continue Reading “Writing and Pudding”
Over the last week there have been blogs a-plenty typed up, published, posted, shared, commented upon. Millions of blog posts. The massacre in Iraq. Robin Williams’s death. Racial upheaval in our nation. Russia. Ebola. Celebrities. Weight loss. And…oh boy…religion. Words have been written with seeming… Continue Reading “The Words You Write”
I’m pages from the end of my rewrites of A CUP OF DUST (the novel I’m currently writing). Can I tell you that this is the point in the writing process where I wonder if the book is any good at all.… Continue Reading “Finishing”
Last night I finished reading Mockingjay, the last book in the Hunger Games series. I can’t so much say that I enjoyed it. Some books aren’t written to entertain. They’re written to jar and turn a mirror to the reader so she can see… Continue Reading “Gathering Wonder”
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