I came across a tweet last week about writing for children that said if the writer’s message is to teach a lesson, the writer should throw that book away and start something else. As a new writer of children’s books, I’ve been thinking about that ever since. I think the person is referring to a […]
Reading
Starting Early…on a Love of Books
There was a minor Book Club kerfuffle in our house this morning, not with my book club of 12 years, but with my kid’s. It seems their elementary school has instituted an after-school book club, divided by grade, meeting once per week (an awesome idea!). My 1st grade son got an “invitation” to join the […]
Genre Shmonra: Read Everything
Regarding my latest novel revision, I’ve been asked by the agent I’m working with to put more “anger and anguish” on the page, and so I spent some time browsing my book shelves looking for inspiration, and I came up empty. The thing is, I read literary fiction. I write literary fiction (at least I […]