A friend (who writes picture books) and I were having an interesting conversation the other day about upcoming trips to England, which led to talking about Shakespeare. I’m an English major, but I never appreciated Shakespeare. I know he’s the greatest playwright of all time, and he invented many words that are in our current…
How varied is your reading list? I feel like mine should be full of books about rainbows and unicorns and butterflies since I write children’s books. It’s not. Kids don’t stick to books about rainbows and lollipops, and neither do I. So I read a variety of books. And I get something valuable from each…
Here we are, halfway through the month and halfway through the year. How’re you doing on those goals you set back in January? Have you reviewed them lately? Maybe you’ve finished them? Or are making good progress. If so, yay, you! Maybe you’ve set them aside? No shame. No judgment. Just wondering. If you haven’t…
The amount of content available to internet users is mind-boggling. And LOUD! Much of it is free, too, which adds to the noise. (Things that cost money are often easier to ignore.) Pretty sure you all know how the internet works. Now here’s the hard part: At what point do you stop listening and say,…
I like my posts to apply to writers but also be helpful to other creative types (and I think we’re all a bit creative). So let’s see if I can tweak these Twelve Golden Rules to be helpful to all. 1. Before you set off on your yellow brick project road, have a plan or…
