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Two Rules of Storytelling
I posted a version of this elsewhere long ago, but the topic warrants more attention. I am the Public, and this is my Outcry. 1) Do not leave the story open-ended. I didn’t sign up to read this book or...
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Why Mr. Penguin Can’t Ride a Bike
Mr. Penguin can do many things. He can wear your cloth diapers and your t-shirts and onesies. He can sit on your potty. He can lie down in the cradle while you rock him. He can say grace. He can sit in...
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Prologue Problems
A Friday Free-for-All [in which our heroine obsesses about writerly things] I’ve been reading literary agent Mary Kole’s blog, kidlit.com. Right now she’s doing a series of critiques on story...
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How Teaching High School Prepared Me for Parenthood…
…and how it didn’t. Now that Z has hit the magical age of TWO, my life has moved from the Fast Lane to the Super Fast Lane…with nightly visits to the Family Bed (Of Pain) [more on the Family Bed (Of...
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The Challenge of Turning 30
The clock is ticking and I’ve got six months left of my twenties. I want to do them right. The thing is, I feel like a kid most of the time. There’re all kinds of things I don’t know how to do or even...
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