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Blog Archives
Swallow me whole
I was recently asked, why write for middle school? I guess you could say it just found me. My middle school voice, that is. When I sat down to write, my twelve-year-old self just showed up, and started following me around my story. She reminded me of all the seventh grade moments when I wished the linoleum floor in the girls’ bathroom or my English classroom or the cafeteria would open and just swallow me whole.
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Hello 2011.
When the clock struck midnight on December 31st (actually a few minutes after as I embarrassingly fell asleep on the couch around 10:30), I was happy to usher in 2011 and say goodbye to 2010. Gotta love it – a new year, full of hope and endless possibility. Anything can happen in 2011.
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Torn – my new YA novel
Revise! Revise! Revise! Was the summer mantra.
June, July and August were spent deleting, adding and tightening my new young-adult novel entitlted, Torn. I must admit, deleting was hard. The character I thought would add depth and interest to my story ended up in a word document I fondly named Pieces.
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A Happy Return
I have been off, hunkered down in my own busy, crazy world for a bit, but I’ve missed you all, so I’m back. In fairness, a recap is in order. So, here goes…my oldest son Josh tore his ACL skiing, had surgery and is now happily well on his way to a full recovery.
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Eternally Hopeful
As this site features my road to publication, I thought you’d be happy to know that despite the recession, the lay-offs and the ever-changing children’s book industry, I remain eternally hopeful. Why not? Right.
I feel closer to publication than ever before. The door that houses my inner-most wish of being published wants to open,
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Confessions of a Lukewarm Type A
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Elly
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Elly
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Here are the full confessions of a lukewarm type A. My papers and bills are alphabetically organized, but it takes me 3 months to file; I am addicted to lists, but regularly forget them at home; my tuperware has matching lids, but I religiously melt them in the dishwasher; occassionally it takes me 2 days to unpack and I don’t iron!
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A Must Read
I just finished Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork and I can say with conviction that it is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Truly. As a reader, I felt compassion, conviction, sorrow, anger and joy. My emotions rose and fell with Marcelo.
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Adjetude
Adjetude – An adjective describing a person with much attitude.
I love it! It rolls off your tongue. For instance, you could say that conceited, imperious, and pretentious are all suitable adjetudes. Doesn’t it sound like it belongs. An official new word?
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