Favorite Quotes #10
August 16, 2016
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“The writer’s job is to imagine the truth.” —Paula Fox Learn more about her.
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MRBP #3: What it takes
August 11, 2016
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This was first published in December of 2013. On our countdown of Most Read Blog Posts, it’s number 3, in which we look at the idea of reading for pleasure. One of the hardest things about writing is learning to like what you are writing. Why should this be? I suspect it’s because you came to writing because
Favorite Quotes #9
August 9, 2016
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“It takes a heap of manure to make a flower grow.” —Lee Hays (On this album cover, Lee Hays is on the right.) Learn more about him.
MRBP #4: Making the case
August 4, 2016
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This was first published in March of 2013. On our countdown of Most Read Blog Posts, it’s number 4, in which we look at the idea of reading for pleasure. The other day I was visiting a high school class. When I was taking questions, a ninth grader asked me how I go about putting symbolism and hidden
Favorite Quotes #8
August 2, 2016
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“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.” —Dashiell Hammett Learn more about him.
MRBP #5: That must be fun
July 28, 2016
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This was first published in August of 2014. On our countdown of Most Read Blog Posts, it’s number 5. In which we look at the idea of “fun” in connection with writing children’s books. The other day I was having my annual eye checkup. Lisa, the young technical assistant was going over my basic data sheet. LISA: It
Favorite Quotes #7
July 26, 2016
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“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” —Samuel Johnson Learn more about him.
MRBP #6: “Make them cry, make them laugh, make ‘em wait.”
July 21, 2016
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This was first published in January of 2013. It has been read so often that it’s #6 on the countdown of Most Read Blog Posts. Serialization is a popular form all its own. Once Dickens made serialization popular, and profitable, it became a 19th Century publishing norm. There was the work of Dickens of course, but think
Favorite Quotes #6
July 19, 2016
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“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.” —Robert Louis Stevenson Learn more about him.
MRBP #7: Criteria for a Good Book
July 14, 2016
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This was first published in June of 2012. It has been read so often that it’s #7 on the countdown of Most Read Blog Posts. Not written by me, it still holds up as sound advice. Some years ago a young student (I no longer have name or whereabouts) sent me the following “Criteria for a good