writer at play
Posted in friday fun on Feb 26th, 2010
My brain is fried. Today I: schooled a kid, managed a battle campaign against the playdough crumbs all over the floor of the kids’ bedroom, helped lead an art program at the library in which over a dozen kids did this awesome space and rocket collage, drove a lot, went to my church’s small group. [...]
Posted in inspiration, linktopia on Feb 23rd, 2010
Djmills pointed me to this excellent workshop on creating book trailers at Happy Endings. The posts go up weekly, with three more to go. Check it out.
Posted in writing process on Feb 22nd, 2010
It’s been a lot of fun to read how titles fit into everyone’s writing process. No matter where you are on the spectrum, it’s a great feeling to have picked out the right title for your story. Here are a few of my favorites, from my own stories:
1. Out of Shape, because it fits perfectly [...]
Posted in writing process on Feb 21st, 2010
I suck at titles. Once in a while, titles leap fully-formed from my head with accompanying stories (Out of Shape and Second Sight being two) but mostly, coming up with a title is a hard slog. You can see my lack in the entitling department in my lackluster novel names: The Changeling (boring), Season of [...]
Posted in friday fun on Feb 19th, 2010
Eep! I’m cutting it really close with the timing of this post. Only 3 hours left of Friday!
Nobility have them: baronets, barons, earls, dukes. So does the military: privates, corporals, sergeants, lieutenants and so on. All institutions have hierarchies. We grade gemstones and hurricanes, ski slopes and rockfaces, stars and planetary bodies. Part of being [...]
Posted in kids at play on Feb 17th, 2010
a giant valentine for Mom and Dad
Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired art
sewing and stenciling
stars and stripes
sugar-cube and vanila frosting buildings
Posted in creativity on Feb 15th, 2010
I’m buried under index cards, hence this post.
1. Lists of all kinds. Book lists. Shopping lists. To-do lists. Lists of clothing and shoe sizes for everyone in your family. Lists of movies you want to watch. Lists of supplies for art projects.
2. Write a poem or flash fiction to fit on an index card (okay, [...]
Posted in random on Feb 14th, 2010
I’m trying to make it through lesson 3 of HTRYN, so I’m afraid you’ll have to do without the smorgasbord of Internet delights that I offer up every Sunday. However, in honor of Valentine’s Day, name some of your favorite couples (fictional or otherwise).
Mine, in no particular order:
Gen (sorry, Eugenides) and Irene (sorry, Attolia) from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2010
I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but I finally changed my header picture. It’s a lot brighter around here and the pink and red fit with Valentine’s Day a whole lot better.
Yes, it doesn’t take much to make me happy.
Posted in friday fun on Feb 12th, 2010
With Valentine’s Day coming up (and the Chinese New Year falling on the same day), I’ve been thinking about all the different celebrations I know of and sorting them into different categories.
There are beginning-of-life celebrations, such as birthdays, naming days and baptisms. There are rite of passage celebrations, like graduation, wedding showers, housewarmings and baby [...]