Giving a Book a Heart Transplant
This story starts with a wedding. In mid-March, I was returning from a friend’s nuptials in Brooklyn, NY. I had watched a couple stare...
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Apr 16, 20197 min read
Building Story from Pitch
(The following content was originally presented at the SCBWI New Mexico April Shop Talk on 4.09.19) When I started querying in 2011, I...
Mar 27, 20197 min read
The Child in Me, the Adult in Her; Mature Issues in Children’s Literature
In early February I read Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s middle grade graphic novel This One Summer and I wasn’t sure how to feel about it. I...
Mar 12, 20195 min read
Racing an Ant; How Long a Book Can Take
In the fall of 2018, I started to write a book about ants. Wait. No. That’s not true. In the summer of 2017, I started to draft this book...
Feb 27, 20197 min read
Pointing Toward the Outfield: Calling my Shots
In the fifth inning of Game 3 in the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth was up at bat. After two strikes, he held his hand high and pointed...
Feb 3, 20199 min read
The Reject’s Journey; or, How I Became a Writer
If you’re a writer or an avid reader, you may know of the classic hero’s journey as outlined by literary academic, Joseph Campbell. In...
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