writing love
I mostly write about…
In November 2012, we were unexpectedly called to adopt again. We quickly rushed through our paperwork and were ready for a child by mid-December. We received a call on December 17 for our new son, who moved home in January 2013. Jordan was 7 when he joined our forever family.
Here is a link to an introduction I wrote about us. (It even includes self-portraits!)
Blogging Inspiration
BONS: My writing group…
Book Savors by Mary Helen
Clay Fragments by Tam
Cottage Chatter by Tammy (Sorry, but this is an invitation-only blog.)
Slices from the Sofa by Ruth (aka “the other ruth”)
Blogs I like to read…
I’ve been hesitant to compile a list of blogs because of the risk of leaving someone out. Still, here are people who inspire me to keep writing.
Ali Edwards
Carol’s Corner
Chasing Stories
Coffee with Chloe
Delivering Reading Passion
Elsie Tries Writing
Holy Experience
Karen’s Thoughtful Wanderings
Kate Messner
Living
Pleasures from the Page
Poem Farm
Sharing Our Notebooks
Teacher Dance
Wake Up and Write
Slicers…
Becoming Cathy
Hooplas
Just for a Month
Literacy Learning Zone
Nguyen’s Praire Home Companion
Something to Say
Teaching Tomorrow’s Leaders
Teaching Young Writers
Word by Word
Writing Me Home
About Teaching…
Patrick Allen
Troy Hicks
Kevin Hodgson
Bonnie Kapplan
Chris Lehman
Creative Literacy
Marjorie Martineli & Kristi Mraz (Chart Chums)
Donalyn Miller
Nerdy Book Club
A Reading Year
The Reading Zone
Mandy Robeck
Katherine Sokolowski
Karen Terlecky
Jen Vincent
Places on the web I learn more about writing…
Avi: It’s Avi…so it’s pretty great.
Falling Leaflets: A resource for children’s authors pursuing publication.
Laini Taylor: Not for Robots
Laurie Halse Anderson: Mad Woman in the Forest
Literary Rambles: A place “spotlighting children’s book authors, agents, and publishing.”
Mother. Write. Repeat.
Natalie Whipple: Between Fact and Fiction
Ralph Fletcher: Tips for Young Writers
Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators
Twitter: Follow your favorite writers.
Some of my favorite books about writing…
Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and on Life
Jane Yolen: Take Joy
Avi: A Beginning, A Muddle, and an End: The Right Way to Write Writing
Quotes that stretch my understanding…
Laurie Halse Anderson: “I focus on creating situations that force the character out of her comfort zone, raising the emotional stakes as I go along. If I’ve developed conflicts that are organic and in keeping with the character’s world, her response to the conflicts will naturally lead to internal growth.”
Carolyn Coman: I don’t create characters so much as I make room inside my mind and heart for them to come and get me. I am drawn to characters who make me feel deeply — make me mad, confuse me, make me wonder, break my heart, stagger me with what they are up against.
Dodinsky: “Fill your cup with sunshine and laughter.”
From Juliann at Nurturing Curiosity
Courage to Connect by David Spinks
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