Blog Hiatus: This will be my last post until Tuesday, January 4th, 2011. For those who celebrate, have a splendid holiday season. I hope all of you have a safe and happy New Year! I can't believe that 2010 is coming to a close. It was a *slightly* busy year. I met a lot of my goals writing and non-writing wise. Fell short on a few others. But that's okay. I made some real progress and in the end that's what really matters. For 2010, I didn't get a lot of reading done due to the shades of … [Read more...]
Reading While Writing
May 24, 2010 Read Comments
For some of you who have been reading the blog for awhile, you know how much I love reading books. Mostly fiction for teens and kids (because that's what I write) and also craft books about writing. It's nothing for me to read 40-60 books a year (and that's only the fiction). But I've heard other writers state that they can't read novels while they are working on their novel project. One writer friend said that she's afraid of "sounding like the voice she's reading" while another one says … [Read more...]
Best Book Ever…It’s Relative
July 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
As I was drinking my Sunday afternoon tea, I found a link to an interesting New York Times article via the A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy blog. The NYT Op-Ed columnist gives a list of the best kids books ever. Thirteen books to get kids away from the computer and get them reading. Lizzie Burns from the Tea Cozy blog post, What Does Best Mean? states that one person's “best” book isn’t going to be the universal “best” book for everyone. I totally agree. Everyone has a book … [Read more...]
