• I’m starting the last unit of the last literature book I’m planning to write. It’s going to be wonderful to be done! #writegoal #
• If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. Ben Franklin #quote #
• RT @KatherineBoG: Dear Life, Go away. I’m busy. I will talk to you in a week. Sincerely, Katherine / Love that! #
• I have officially finished the last book in the Excellence in Literature curriculum series. May I scream? #writegoal #
• RT @DailyCurmudgeon: It finally dawned on me that I was not James Joyce.
  SCOTT TUROW #writing #writechat #writegoal #
• “You teach best what you most need to learn.” — Richard David Bach #quote #

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• Remembering my father with love today- Howard Calvin Hanes, a WWII veteran. 1921-2003. #memorialday #
• If you tweet on writing or editing, join the Writer-Editor Twibe to share your tweets & find interesting new peeps! http://twib.es/BUZ # #
• Great article for writers w/ 4 ways to show character through conflict. http://ht.ly/1Ra1z #write #edit #
• The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. -GK Chesterton #quote OK, no excuses for not meeting that #writegoal! #

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• New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 – Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to … http://ht.ly/17sR4x #
• New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 – Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to … http://ht.ly/17sR4y #
• RT @billysticker: Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. #
• RT @4KidLit: RT @4kidlit Conference Round-Up: Getting Past the First Reader http://bit.ly/9BkMm1 #yalit #kidlit #scbwi #
• The faux lavender topiary on my desk looks so real, I keep trying to breathe in a bit of lavender scent. Time to quit for the day… #
• RT @jumpouttheboat: RT @4KidLit: "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." – Walter Bagehot #amwriting #scbwi #
• RT @ingridsundberg: Agent Day Recap: Rebecca Sherman's Do's and Don'ts of Query Writing http://tinyurl.com/2cepuba #scbwi #query #agents #
• How to find the editing toolbar in your WordPress website. #NAIWE members- this will help you work with your member site! http://ht.ly/1PLvc #
• NAIWE News- How to Get More Editing Options for Your WordPress Blog http://ht.ly/17uYbz #
• NAIWE News- How to Get More Editing Options for Your WordPress Blog http://ht.ly/17uYbA #
• Children's authors- set up virtual visits with K12 classrooms & libraries through Skype an Author. http://ht.ly/1Q8st #scbwi #kidlit #write #
• "The art of conversation is, like, kinda dead and stuff." From my son's t-shirt this morning. Where's the "y'know"? #quote #
• Here's The Edge- Overcoming Fear of Rejection, Ghostwriting teleclass… #naiwe #write – http://grsnip.com/rWPr #
• New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://bit.ly/b16fpp #
• We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are. #
• New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://ht.ly/17vPIm #
• New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://ht.ly/17vPIn #
• New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPj #
• New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPk #
• RT @marydemuth: I've guest posted on @RachelleGardner 's blog about the Three Ts you need to get & stay published: http://bit.ly/auFHRn #
• “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events.
  Small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt #quote #
• RT @jafhedlund: Posted this late yesterday, so in case you missed it: Critiques: How to Take Them http://wp.me/pIkHt-Ad #writetip #kidlit #
• If you tweet on writing or editing, join the Writer-Editor Twibe to share your tweets & find interesting new peeps! http://twib.es/BUZ # #
• Interesting #ff writers & editors: @p2p_editor @4KidLit @inkyelbows @PaginadaCultura @JimSutton5 @HUnderdown @Indie_Elf @TheYankeeInGA #
• I love the way StoryBlue lets me drag & drop scenes from one chapter to another. Super-easy to use so far. http://storyblue.com/ #write #
• RT @janicecampbell: New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPk #
• Is there anything more loathsome than an all-you-can eat buffet with Chinese food, crab legs, pizza, & frosting-filled cream puffs? #
• RT @DigiBookWorld: "The 3 Best Takeaways for Writers From BookExpo America" @janefriedman http://bit.ly/cgOVDF #bea10 #
• NAIWE News- The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/17xprd #
• NAIWE News- The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/17xpre #

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• Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to make it happen. Thanks! Full workshops both times I spoke. #
• Reminder: Learn to Write a Non-Fiction Proposal, a NAIWE Teleclass is Wednesday! – http://grsnip.com/rCse #
• I’ve been away from my desk so long that even #hootsuite didn’t recognize me! I’m happy to be back. What’s your #writegoal this week? #
• RT @NickySchmidt1: “When you feel like putting pen in your eye balls, your book is done” http://bit.ly/cbLGwx Think my book must be done… #
• Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
  -Henry Ward Beecher #quote #

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• RT @wordywoman: Do ghosts write w/invisible ink? Find out when VIP Author Talks w/Kim Pearson @storykim, 5/12/10. http://bit.ly/KPearson #
• NAIWE News- Write Non-Fiction Proposals that Grab an Editor: Learn How with Mary DeMuth http://ow.ly/17lfaO #
• I have a looming deadline and the clock hands are moving as though they’re swimming through molasses. Minutes feel like hours! #writegoal #
• A warm welcome to new NAIWE members! You’re joining just in time for Mary DeMuth’s class on how to #write great proposals http://ht.ly/1KcUj #
• It is not enough to write so that you can be understood;
  you must write so clearly that you cannot be misunderstood.
  -Ralph Waldo Emerson #

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• Stephanie Edwards & Patricia Guthro winners of #malicedomestic grants for unpublished writers. #
• Agatha award for best children’s mystery- Chris Grabenstein- the hanging hill #malicedomestic #write #
• Agatha award for best shrt story – Hank Phillipi Ryan- on the house #malicedomestic #write #
• Agatha award for best nonficton- Elema Santangelo- dame agatha’s shorts- #malicedomestic #write #
• Agatha award for best first novel- Alan Bradley-the sweetness at the bottom of the pie #malicedomestic #write #
• Agatha award for best novel-Louise Penny- the brutal telling- a moment of joy- #malicedomestic #write # Continue reading →