Coyahoga Retreat
So I just finished a writing retreat in Cuyahoga Valley National Park with six amazing kid lit authors: Cinda Chima, Tricia Springstubb,...
Secret Novel #5 is almost done!
Secret Novel #5 is almost due and almost done. Last step is reading it aloud to my kid. If you need us this weekend we’ll be in the...
The Murder List.
So my twelve-year-old daughter (the one known online as Ninja Princess Scientist) and I are working on a book together. That is, she had...
A wool-carding draft
So! In November I finished a major edit of Secret Book #5. Here is how I do it – or how I did it this time. As of the end of October,...
I finally named my office!
I present the Deep Shed. Sometimes the shed helps me get deep work done. Sometimes I am just in Deep Shed. To answer the usual questions:...
Revising my novel to make it more emotionally intense turns out to be emotionally intense.
I've reached the "dark night of the soul" chapter in this revision and I ... you know what? I am not going to start that at 5:00 on a...
Writing Stickers
Writing stickers for October. That’ll do, October! I have been giving myself stickers for writing for years. It is my best trick to keep...
Crossing the pit
Yesterday, as previously mentioned, I had a deep read of my editorial letter and my assorted scribblings to myself and based on calls...
For my next trick...
Manuscript for fiction #6 submitted yesterday. For my next trick, I am going to re-read the manuscript for fiction #5, pull apart the...