It’s been a busy week!!!! This week, I posted on Through the Tollbooth and on Uma Krishnaswami’s blog. Here are the links! The first, about my first, bravest teacher is on www.throughthetollboth.com and if you want to see my connectivity chart, check the second, on plot. To look forward, start by looking back.
Sarah Aronson
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Last week, I read about a number of books being banned or challenged by adults who it seems, had not even read the books. In a world where we let people walk around with guns, where we think there is nothing we can do to curb violence, I have to ask: What are you…
Best Tweet Ever
ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT11 Sep Don’t dream of getting published–dream of writing a beautiful book, whose existence is helpful, for its compassion, truth, humor. Trust me Trust her. Trust me. Put this on your bulletin board. Best Tweet Ever.
BELIEVE!!!!!
Today is release day for my third novel, Believe. It’s a completely surreal feeling. The book is done. It is out in the world, out of my hands. People can buy it. It belongs to them, not me. It is a completely satisfying, terrifying feeling, and it never really gets “old” or less intense….
Quick quote of the day
A great book offers a unique point of view of the world. Truth.
Don’t save it for later!
When Walter White pulled that GPS out of his pocket and Hank closed the garage door, like a lot of fans, I sat on the edge of my seat. As a writer, I was reminded of this excellent advice (ie: the kind I sometimes need to be reminded of): Those writers understand what it means…
Unplugged
When I am having trouble writing, I examine my writing to reading to watching ratio. When I watch too much, I am less present. I am too distant. Disengaged. When I read, I think. I infer. I invite my brain to be inspired. Last week at Lollapalooza, I saw this phenom on a grand…
Quote of the Day
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out,…
The inspiration posted above my desk:
(I think I can, I think I can….)
Make Way for Ducklings…Chicago style!
Call her misguided. Call her resourceful. Call her a single mother with very few choices! This mother duck found a place to lay her eggs…outside my husband’s office…which would be fine…except the area is enclosed. There is no way out. (except via air!) (For those who do not know, my husband is professionally all…