Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A delightful twist on the familiar

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I love books that take familiar stories and flip them into something new. Books like: Coraline (a creepy Alice in Wonderland) by Neil Gaima...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

The Magical Writing Nook

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I’m pretty sure my new writing nook-to-be has magical properties. Even without its spectacular view (right now the window holes are tarped o...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Roofless in Doylestown

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I have no roof.  Well, I guess our bedroom ceiling is now technically our roof – but that peaked thing with shingles and gutters?  It’s cur...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Writing between books

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When I’m writing a book, I’m a bit manic; sleep, laundry, cell phone messages, cooking all get ignored. If I can’t eat it one-handed, it’s t...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Teen Reads Week 10/12-10/19

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Today is the first day of YALSA Teen Reads Week . The theme this year is Books with Bite . There are a few ways to interpret this, and I’ll ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Endings and letting go

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Today in my sixth grade class we finished reading aloud the book Zen and the Art of Faking it by Jordan Sonnenblick.  He’s among my favorite...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Dreaming of Dreams

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Wake by Lisa McMann is one of those books I can’t get out of my mind.  I haven’t been sleeping much lately and as I lie awake, I wonder wha...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Why writing a novel is like building an addition...

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Both of these things are taking up much of my time and attention right now.   We are currently putting a major addition on our Victorian hom...