Remember those train poems from long ago? They’re still coming to a book store near you. But picture books take awhile. Because the illustrations! Are going to be gorgeous! And so they take some time!
Here Comes a Train is due out in spring of 2019 with Candlewick. The talented … Read More
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I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“Collect enough scars and you get a whole extra layer of skin, for free.”
~Tim Federle’s “Souvenirs” in Summer Days and Summer Nights
I brought home the best swag from the Books by the Banks festival last weekend. Are you ready for this?
Apparently there was a pumpkin painting contest at the library for teen artists. And it’s no surprise that this one was the winner! I believe the artist’s name … Read More
Satisfaction is…
adding the last words of the last scene of your revision draft and finding you’ve used up the last page of the journal.
Serendipity.
Satisfaction.
I am reminded so, so, so, so often that for a writer, finished is a celebratory word that doesn’t translate well into the rest of society.
me: “I finished my novel!”
someone who is not a writer: “Oh wow that’s great! When can I buy it?”
Um.
So never mind … Read More
I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“Did all outcasts come to this realization at a certain point in life? That being outcast from a bogus and pornographic society actually was a good thing? I hoped … Read More
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Caminar is finally out in Spanish! (I’ve gotten so many inquiries about this over the past few years. It’s nice to know I can now say, Yes. It’s in Spanish!) To buy a copy, you should fly to Guatemala of course, where it’s available for sale, and where you can … Read More
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