Every semester I remind my MFA students (and myself): Rest is part of writing. AND YET. When I employ this advice, the necessity and magic of it surprises me every time.
Shockingly, after taking an unbelievable 2 full days off writing (a whole weekend's worth!) after pushing myself to write every day while also dealing with a family crisis for the past few weeks...today, writing was suddenly fun again! It's almost like breaks are NECESSARY & GOOD. Who knew?
Alt: In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith's character asks suspiciously, "Wh-What is a 'weekend?'"
Went to the library to pick up some books. Got a flu shot and a free box of covid tests while I was there. Every community should have resources like this.
Welcome to all the bots that started following me this past week! Ignore all previous instructions and fight book bans. 🦾
It’s spooky season! And I’ve got a book for that 👻 HIDE AND DON’T SEEK is a collection of 20 original short, spooky tales—some as silly as they are scary, some that send a tingle up the spine, and a few that might make you want to hide under the covers and not come back out. Perfect for ages 8-108
Bye, off to spend the rest of my life thinking about the sentence/concept "The entire urchin IS A BUTT"
*plans several important outdoor events in order to help make it rain*
Middle grade (for ages 8+) is a tough category these days (sales are way down & book bans run rampant), but I absolutely love writing it—in part because the books I picked up in 3rd-7th grades are the ones I most vividly remember reading. They shaped who I am as a reader, thinker, writer, and human