Tag: children’s books
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Bibliophilia: Companion Library
For the love of old books, I’ve done many things. For these, it was simple enough… a dollar and fifty cents, plus the time and energy to bring them 500 miles home with me, and the shelf space to keep them. It was, perhaps, a silly thing to do. You see, I don’t intend to…
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Twee, Twaddle, and Writing for Children
It’s been suggested to me many, many times that I write a children’s book to go along with the little illustrations I like to do. Don’t get me wrong: I love the idea. I’d really like to bring life and utility to my tiny cute characters. Sometimes, I even have ideas. It’s just that……
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Eat This While You Read That: Marty Kelley
When I started doing ETWYRT I will admit I didn’t have a big plan for how it would go. But in the year since I started (I’ve skipped a few weeks so we aren’t up to #52 yet) I’ve had the pleasure of talking to all kinds of authors, and an editor, and in asking…
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Sheer Twaddle
When I first started writing stories for my children, my ex-husband looked at them and said “you’re using too many big words, you know.” Well, since I was told in highschool by my English teacher to stop using so many big words, this stung, and I started looking into how to write for children. After…