Lots of talk about beginnings lately, here and in the ether. A 4th semester student was gathering book recommendations on Facebook of books that dangle a promise in the first chapter. (The suggestions she got were: Holes, The...
Read MoreWe’re friends, now, right? We can talk about things? I mean, really talk?Okay, good. The English language, she is beautiful, no? And it is our job, as writers, to protect her.Language is a living thing, of course. It...
Read MoreThe headline speaks for itself: Board confuses children’s author, Marxist when excluding schoolbookIn an incredibly freakish coincidence the children’s book writer Bill Martin, Jr, shares the same name as another...
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A few months ago, I posted about a firestorm over Justine Larbaleister’s Liar cover. The...
Read MoreRon’s post about hooks intrigues me. I’ve never been good at it; my mother, who has spent much of my writing career convinced I could get on Oprah if only I would write the right book, suggested I go to sleep at...
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