Writing an anonymous blog during the years that I did unlocked me in ways I hadn’t expected. When you write as an occupation, you must concern yourself with markets and audiences,
Target Offers Schools Grants for Author Visits
Target is accepting grant applications through April 30 for their Early Childhood Reading Grant and their Arts, Culture and Design in Schools Grant.
The Importance of “Off-Stage” Writing: 5 Ways to Use a Secret Journal
You’ve just taken Pamela Protagonista, rebel goth girl, through the perils of cheerleader camp where she has scored a victory over Amanda Antagonistella, who was not as good at karaoke as she thought.
Book Spine Poem
The challenge was to make a poem from book titles. I had a hard time getting the light right on the photo,
Spring Vampire Mating Ritual
Sabrina Lowney, who is one of my TEENWriters wrote this, and I just had to share.
Sparkly vampires are actually kind of genius.
OMG! Girl Saves Baby Cougars with Hot Celebrity Lookalike While Trying to Understand the Nature of Death and Find Spiritual Truth
“I am going to say this from right here, right now! The Synopsis of The Summer of No Regrets is SO misleading. It leads a reader to believe that it is a frilly novel with no depth,
Who is This?
I shot the pic ten years ago when I saw this unmistakable image in my backyard. Unmistakable, but I have no idea what it is.
Steampunk/Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia, Go!
Written by the Scenes and Dreams class (One more Teenage Novelist class to go). Anyone care to continue the story?
Analyze That!
Another poem, discovered as I was packing. Evidently, I had to include certain words, chosen by the audience, hence, “the niceties of samosas and ivory smiles.”
This is Not a Poem
This
Is not a poem,
so don’t go thinking it is.
Poems are loaded
with similes
like peach trees in August
and metaphor~
a naked man running.