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Completed Projects Template
Since I’ve been doing a lot of submitting, and I now have a number of manuscripts I’m revising, or working on, I needed to wrap my head around what I had, and put it all in ONE place. I do have this organization system, where I can visually see…
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Picture Book Status Updates
I’ve been involved with Julie Hedlund’s 12×12 Picture Book Challenge for 2 years. In that time, I’ve written, revised, revised, revised, and revised. However, I realized recently that I have a ton of different picture books, all at different stages, and I really needed to get a handle on…
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Happy New Year: New Posts for Teachers and Writers in 2014
January is an exciting time—a time for new things. So on this blog, there will be some new things rolling out in 2014. Here are some of the things I have planned. For Teachers Teacher Useletter I am introducing my useletter for teachers. I will include links to things…
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Top 10 Posts for 2013
Here are the top 10 posts of 2013 on my blog! Thanks for following, commenting, and sharing this year with me!!! 1. 10 for 10 Mentor Texts for Word Choice 2. What to do about To Do Lists 3. Mentor Text Lesson: OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW by Kate…
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Quarterly Goals Reminder December 2013
I’ve been talking about goals for a few weeks. As I mentioned before, I’m working on Quarterly Goals in 2014 and then I’m doing a Monthly Focus each month. I’ve been doing this for the month of December just to test it out and it’s been so helpful. At…
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Book of Stars: Positivity in 2014
Last week I posted a very self-celebrating post of all of the writing things I’ve accomplished this year. One of my goals this year is to not be scattered to the wind and be very focused. Last week was also a week of rejections for me. I got several,…
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Quarterly Goals Template
Last week, I mentioned that I am not setting huge goals for a year in 2014. I’m trying quarterly goals instead. Then each month, I will pick a FOCUS and really try to hone in on certain things for that month. I’m hoping this will provide me with more…
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2014 Goal Setting Re-Vamped
Last week, I went over the good, the bad, and the truth about 2013’s goals. Even though many things DID work, I’m always looking to make things much better. Because I found that so much can change in a year, I wanted to shorten the timeframe of some of…
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2013 A Year in Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Truth
Before I look ahead to 2014, I thought I should look back to 2013, what worked and what didn’t work in my writing life. Goals The Good: I created SMART goals for 2013. I liked setting up my goals this way because it helped me create tangible tasks for…
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Making Time to Write: PiBoIdMo Prep
November is quickly approaching and one really important thing I do in November? PIBOIDMO. Also known as Picture Book Idea Month. I don’t usually do NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—where one attempts to do an entire draft of a novel in the month of November. PiBoIdMo is more up…
