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Rearranged

October 20, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

During these past couple weeks, I’ve made huge progress on my next middle-grade novel and also put a collage of photos up in our newly painted stairwell. Seemingly very different projects, no? I actually found many similarities, which really spoke to my love of finding patterns. The stairwell collage is something I’ve wanted to do […]

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Writing at Turtle-Speed

August 24, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

One of the hardest things I’ve had to learn in the publishing business is patience. I’m not a patient person by nature, and I wasn’t prepared for how slooooowly things move in this industry. For example, if I sold a picture book manuscript today, you wouldn’t see it on the shelves for two or three […]

Filed Under: Writing and Editing Tagged With: editing, Writing Process

Adrian Simcox Wins the Huckepack Prize!

May 18, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

I’m so thrilled to announce that the German edition of “Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse,” has won the Huckepack Prize! From the award announcement: “HUCKEPACK (which means piggyback) focuses on picture books that build a special bridge from the grown-up reader to the child being read to, “piggyback” here standing as a symbol […]

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse, awards, German translation, Huckepack Prize

Stepping Back

May 12, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

For Mother’s Day, I received two things I wanted very badly: coconut cream pie, and time alone. My husband took our kids on a bike ride for the afternoon, and I puttered around the house enjoying the silence, something we haven’t had much of these last two months. Adding to the external noise is all […]

Filed Under: General Ennui and/or Existential Dread, Random Musings, Work-Life Balance

Obligatory Deep-Thought Stay-at-Home Post

April 10, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

I honestly wish I could write about anything else. I tried. But anything else seems trite right now when everything we do is impacted by this virus. I promised myself that I’d write a blog post once a month, even if no one reads it but my dog, so I’m giving it a try. People […]

Filed Under: General Ennui and/or Existential Dread, Random Musings

Just for Fun-Kid’s Bedroom DIY

March 11, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

Listen, there are all sorts of ways to procrastinate when you’re supposed to be writing. Yesterday, for example, I took an extra long trip to Aldi, cruising slowly down the aisles to pick up the things the kids need in their lunches that my husband forgot to buy when he helpfully did the shopping on […]

Filed Under: Decorating, DIY Tagged With: bedroom decorating

On Organizing and Editing

January 23, 2020 By Marcy Campbell

I like organizing stuff. Words, sentences, paragraphs…closets. So when the Marie Kondo craze came about, I watched a few episodes of her show, nodding along the whole time, and I, too, felt that sense of relief with the homeowners at the end, at having just what they need, right where they need it. Over the […]

Filed Under: Decorating, Writing and Editing Tagged With: editing, organization, sparking joy

Advice for Readers

December 17, 2019 By Marcy Campbell

I just completed my last Skype visits of 2019. Eight months of the year, on the first Friday of the month, I talk to kids all over the country about writing and how my debut book, “Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse,” came to be. I decided shortly after the book was published, that […]

Filed Under: Random Musings Tagged With: reading advice, skype sessions

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