This post is part of a series on the blog where I share some of the nuggets of wisdom and inspiration — related to writing and/or life — that I find steeped in the pages of novels that I’ve read. This comes from a recent YA novel I read, Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King. Loved the voice of the main character and her emotional journey as she deals with the death of the best friend who betrayed her. From Charlie, the best friend who betrayed Vera, in the after-life: "The … [Read more...]
Have any of you heard of the Holstee Manifesto? I read it this past weekend and LOVED it. So of course, I wanted to share it with you. :-) You can order the poster here and there is also a great YouTube video as well. The good news is that my day job is calming down and I'm finding more time to work my novel project. Thanks for your comments and suggestions last week on how to battle stress. Hopefully all of you are doing well. :) I'm trying to bask in some goodness and light --- … [Read more...]
Recently I read a great post by author Nikki Grimes. She talks about awards and the significance it can give to a book. Most of us as writers probably have fantasied about a lovely sticker being on one of our books. It's a great feeling of course to be honored by librarians, critics and even your peers. It tells us that our writing is the "best." But does that mean if we don't win an award that are writing isn't good? The following from the post really spoke to me: "Suppose I write a … [Read more...]
My name is Karen and I'm currently stressed out. :( Most of you already know that I work in software development and that sometimes it can get a little crazy. I mean, it's been really deep red crimson CRAZY in the last two weeks. I'm currently working on a FBI project that tracks sex offenders --- scary and a little disturbing --- but it'll help keep these losers away from children. Plus I'm also working on a few other software government projects as well. Can you say "multi-task?" This … [Read more...]
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