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Some days I have a lot to say. But there is only one blog and all of my posts are compiled in chronological order. To sort through and read only the posts you are most interested in, you can select from the three topics described below.
4N6Fact Fridays, fun forensic facts from the news. You know you want to read them! The weekly posts will appear on this blog under category 4N6, and also on tumblr.
Film2Fiction: Of all the things I pretend to know a lot about, writing is one topic where I have plenty of boots on the ground experience and lots to share. To view my blogs on writing select F2F.
And finally, book love. I review books I have read and loved and think you should read them, too. Click on book<3
Monthly Archives: July 2008
It’s not just the music… but the look, too. Russia is looking to OUTLAW EMO!! They’re taking this step because they say the music (emo is short for emotion or emotional) is making Russian teenagers depressed and the number of sucides is up! (Which is clearly a bad thing.) But is it the music… the hair… the look? Probably not. Being a teenager is full of drama. Here’s an article about it…
Writing for YA
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There is a lot of discussion brewing on appropriate subject matter for reading and entertainment for children — all children, young adult (YA), middle grade (MG) and below. And I even found my own project embroiled in this controversy (long story, no longer relevant)… but still the discussion is something to be aware of and to contemplate. It first came up on my radar reading Chasing Ray, which is the blog site of an author who also reviews YA books. She picked up the discussion from a parenting site called Babble which features a really insightful article by author Rachel … Continue reading
Writing for YA
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My son is 19 and I write YA. (Of course I was only 10 when he was born… don’t do the math, it will only make your brain hurt!) the point is I’m an adult writing for kids. This might be surprising for some but not the least bit out of the ordinary for me. My career has almost exclusively been in writing for kids. In fact, YA is actually at the older end of my creative spectrum. Yes, I’m aware that YA doesn’t garner the literary props that certain adult work does. But it’s a bandwidth I’m comfortable in. … Continue reading
Writing for YA
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One of the first things I would advise an aspiring writer to do would be to make friends with other aspiring writers. There’s nothing like having someone who really know what it takes to pull this off watching your back. I’m extremely grateful for my writer friends who got me over a tough spot today. I will be returning the favor soon, I’m sure. In the meantime I picked up this link from another writer’s blog… it is photographs of the writing rooms for a number of British Authors. She described the series as fascinating, saying she couldn’t get enough … Continue reading
On Writing
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It occurs to me that writers and prize fighters must share genetic material for this reason: when we get knocked down, neither of us has the good sense to stay there. We gasp and moan, but ultimately if we’re truly what we say we are, we shake it off, struggle to our feet, apply a band aid and maybe some chemicals to staunch the flow and then we fling ourselves back into the fray and go at it all over again. Perseverance is a a requirement for a published author!
On Writing
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