I've been meaning to post the link to this for awhile for anyone interested ( Read more... )

Note: I actually wrote this a few weeks ago, but my computer died so I couldn’t post it. I’m feeling a lot better and a lot more inspired, but I still think this is an interesting question to examine so I’m posting it ( Read more... )

So I thought now would be a good time to talk about what I'm doing this semester, besides the critical thesis. If all goes as planned I am going to write an entire first draft of my novel by the end of the semester. The goal is 15,000 words every month through December ( Read more... )

Whew! I finally finished the rough draft of my critical thesis. Now I can breathe again. I have never written a paper this long (35 pages! Eek!) and I'm still a bit shocked I managed to get through it all. It was...challenging. I won't lie, but it helps to be writing about something I love: Omniscient Narrators. Many of my favorite middle grade ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention (for anyone wondering why I dropped off the face of the earth) that I'm currently at my third residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts! I can't believe how quickly time flies. Tomorrow is graduation and I will be sad to see The League of Extraordinary Cheese Sandwiches go ( Read more... )

Two weeks till residency! Ack! Must read many books! Must critique 160 pages of workshop material! Must pack! Must find clothing! Must clean things! Ack!

 There is a new review of our CD Mar Portugues on Amazon ( Read more... )

Back in high school my best friend Sophie Green and I wanted to be actresses. Oh yeah. We took drama classes, auditioned for plays, became members of the Thespian Society and nursed dreams of wildly successful careers on stage and film. I even briefly entertained dreams of being a film director, only in my case I realized I was too much of a ( Read more... )

I keep forgetting to post about this, but it is that time of year again. The time to submit to the Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing at Hunger Mountain! There are three different categories: Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Book. One first prize winner wins $1000 and runners-up chosen from each of the three ( Read more... )

Whew, so it's been a crazy few months, but I turned in my last packet for the semester on Thursday and sent in my end of semester evaluations yesterday so I am all done at last! It's kind of amazing to me that I survived this semester with all the ups and downs health-wise, but I seem to have managed okay. Now I get to catch up on the rest of my ( Read more... )