“I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light.” – Henry Vaughan Three weeks ago, Madeleine L’Engle passed away. She was my first ‘favorite’ writer and colored my childhood and adolescence with her words and stories. Her ability to combine science and spirituality informed the way I learned to [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Books of the Week!
September 28, 2007 – 3:00 am
As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, I’m taking on the task of reading 1000 picture books in an attempt to crack the code and uncover the ancient secrets of this minimalist art form. As a result, I’ve read 70 picture books this week. Have I unveiled any secrets yet? I could tell [...]
Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
September 26, 2007 – 7:00 am
Jennifer Hunt at Little, Brown suggested I read this book after she read my work. She mentioned it as an example of dark, internal writing that worked wonderfully and kept its humor. It’s a strange, but brilliant book, written with an incredibly unique narrator. It keeps you wondering, fascinated, and engaged the entire time. ReviewHaiku [...]
100 days, 1000 books
September 23, 2007 – 12:00 pm
Linda Sue Park recently said, at the SCBWI Summer Conference, that before you can write a good picture book, you had to read 1000 of them. There was a similar equation for novels, 500 novels (or, she amended, any type of book) before you could write one yourself. Well, I’m fairly certain I’ve accomplished the [...]
Avoidy McProcrastipants
September 21, 2007 – 6:43 pm
Okay. I’ve returned. And what do I have to show for myself while I was gallivanting around, ignoring my blog and my novel, and pretty much anything that actually requires putting sequences of words down on paper (or virtual paper)? Dyed my hair blue Played glow-in-the-dark mini golf Tried out Scrivener [...]
