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Writing Quote Wednesday: Having Kids and Writing
“I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can’t imagine what kind of writer I’d be if I didn’t have my kids.” —Barbara Kingsolver, The Telegraph…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Time to Write
“If you don’t write when you don’t have time for it, you won’t write when you do have time for it.” —Katerina Stoykova Klemer After my second child is born, I wondered if my writing life was over. I didn’t know when I would be able to fit…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: The World Needs Your Words
“The world needs you, and it needs your gifts. You must become generous with yourself again. But you will only become generous with yourself when you are able to release your fear of failure.” Life After Art: What You Forgot About Life and Faith Since You Left the Art…
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We’re All in This Together: Books that Impact Writers Post #2
Yesterday, several writers posted about their favorite writing books. Today, you will read about fiction and poetry books that impacted writers when they were younger. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I think this is such a hard question! When I was 7 or 8, my parents hired a friend…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Looking Forward
“In every situation, at the beginning or the end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can look forward. My advice: look forward. Always think about the next day.” —Twila Tharp, THE CREATIVE HABIT On days that I don’t prepare the night…
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We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #1
Today children’s writers share their favorite revision tips. I hope you will find some practice ways to revise your writing in today’s post. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I slog through early stage revision like everyone else — cutting out tens of thousands of words and rewriting. But the…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Creating the Habit of Art
“Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it.” —Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception Last weekend, the “We’re All in This Together” folks gave advice on finding time to write (see Post 1 and Post 2). Truthfully, I…
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We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #2
Yesterday, several children’s writers posted about how they make time to write. Today, we have some more great tips on making time to write. Allison Wexler Weiss Like everything else that I want to accomplish in life, I make writing a priority. But how do I that when, like…
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We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #1
If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning, you know that a big theme I have is “making time to write.” I always learn a lot from hearing about how other busy writers make time to write. No matter what stage in life, no matter what other jobs or…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Failure
“The person who fails the most usually wins.” —Seth Godin POKE THE BOX Last weekend, several children’s writers joined me in writing about dealing with rejection. It’s important for us to remember that no success is achieved without failures along the way.