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TSquared: Encouraging the young writer
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Mmmm reading and eating. Sunday, November 10, 2013. Encouraging the young writer. I recently had a request from a parent for reading recommendations for her nine-year-old who is a very advanced reader and writer. I thought I would share what I came up with. For writing guides, I would recommend a pairing of the sublime and the ridiculous. In my opinion, every serious writer, no matter what age, should have a copy of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. I think the illustrated version. Are all great&...
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TSquared: March 2012
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Mmmm reading and eating. Friday, March 9, 2012. Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt. This week, I wrote a book report for the other blog I feed, www.onebravethingaday.com. That's the blog for the book I'm working on- the inspirational memoir of my co-author, Linda Lewis Keeney. Since we started writing together, Linda and I have been reading and comparing notes on books that might be good comparisons to ours. I chose Making Toast. Want to read my recommendation for Making Toast. Wednesday, March 7, 2012.
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TSquared: November 2012
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Mmmm reading and eating. Monday, November 12, 2012. Random Acts of Reading guest post: backlist. I love the book blog prompts Erin at Random Acts of Reading. Gives us every month. For November, we got to think about older favorites for kids. No surprise that the other bloggers' contributions had me going, "Oooh! I knew she was a kindred spirit! See the whole fabulous list and sing a variation of that song from childhood: "Read new books, but read the oll-lld; Some are silver and the others GOLD.".
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TSquared: May 2012
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Mmmm reading and eating. Monday, May 21, 2012. Book club, here we come. Just finished Treasure Island! By Sara Levine. Fast, fun, sly, and oddly and unexpectedly sweet. I get to lead discussion of it Saturday night at Book Mixer. Here's hoping we get a good crowd! Music pairings for this book might be songs by The Decembrists, The Pogues, and Regina Spektor. Other suggestions? Music and book pairings. Friday, May 4, 2012. Speaking of picture books. I participated in Random Acts of Reading's blogger panel.
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TSquared: August 2012
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Mmmm reading and eating. Tuesday, August 21, 2012. A page-turner: "12.21" by Dustin Thomason. Back in the 1990s, I studied Biology and read Michael Crichton medical thrillers for escapism. and I also met a very nice boy who had been friends with my best friend from childhood. We all wound up in college together, and that nice boy and I took some pre-med requirements together. He went on to med school, but that wasn't all- he also wrote a best-seller called The Rule of Four. Thursday, August 2, 2012.
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SACRED DIRT: July 2014
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. The Writing Process: How we work. Well, here is a fun thing. Thank you Richard Jesse Watson. For picking me to join this blog tour. Fun facts about Richard Jesse Watson:. Besides being an award-winning children's book illustrator,. Richard roasts his own coffee. He once dismantled a hotel window so he could. Roast coffee for an illustrator pal without setting off the fire alarm. Here's a stunning painting Richard created to go with one of my manuscripts. And he's my dad. Why do I...
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SACRED DIRT: April 2014
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Thursday, April 10, 2014. The Funny Thing about Mice. It's a little bit scary to tell you things I'm happy about. Things that feel like little green tips at the edges of my wintered-over branches. Not that it's wrong to feel pleased with good things,. But when I remember the gravity of last year. Will I jinx it somehow? Over the last year, I convinced myself I have permanent writer's block. But then this week, a few words eeked out, and I wondered. Maybe it's not writer's block. Maybe it's just fear.
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SACRED DIRT: Hearts and Hoots
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Thursday, February 12, 2015. It's been entire lifetimes in elephant years since my last post. Entire oceans of whales have migrated North and South. The ducks are returning to our backyard pond. And I have been studying hard. For an illustration class at UCSD, with art director/genius/professor Joy Chu. Learning how to find the essence of a story,. Learning how to write through art. After the feathers fly and the dust settles,. I will look for more words to share. Enjoy each new page. Your blog is really...
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SACRED DIRT: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Do You Mask Merry? We like to masquerade in these parts. Especially when learning our Pacific Northwest animals. Especially when all fuzzed up about pumpkins and costumes. I started with a few sketches,. The kids made their own beautiful batches,. Need a quick costume this week? I'm offering a few freebies for your personal or classroom use. Please note that these images are my original art. They're not to be sold or passed off as anyone else's work. Print on card stock,.
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SACRED DIRT: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The twins are fast approaching ten! Double digits, doubled! And just like that, a decade ebbs. Having soaked up the Emily Windsnap books lately,. They want to be mermaids. So, I've been making art. Cupcakes art = yummy. Mermaids, this way. Your party awaits. The Mermaid and the Shoe by K. G. Campbell. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler. The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Anderson, ill. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Breathe - Scott Magoon. The Forgotten Sisters - Shannon Hale. Seize ...
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