Storyteller Louis L’Amour said he could write in the middle of a busy intersection with his typewriter on his lap. Not necessarily a good idea, I would think, but I envy his concentration. Once started, I can focus like nobody’s business. My family knows that if I’m writing, they have to work hard (aka “be obnoxious”) in order to derail me. However, it’s the getting started that’s occasionally a challenge. Read more…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-20
- If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. TMorrison #quote -I’m off to write! #
- New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13 – RT @roncharles: From GOOD magazine: 10 books to help you slow dow… http://ow.ly/16NqRJ #
- NAIWE Member Teleclass 3/17-Peter Bowerman on “Short and Long-Term Strategies for Boosting Your Writing Income”- http://ow.ly/1fMuD #
- By the end of today, I’ll have 92 linear feet of new bookshelves in my office. A writer’s dream! Next- built-ins on 2 other walls. # [Read more…]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13
- RT @roncharles: From GOOD magazine: 10 books to help you slow down, relax, reconsider your place in the world: http://u.nu/3se87 #
- New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06 – The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one pa… http://ow.ly/16JGhr #
- Sunday– time with family, a good book, a notebook to catch ideas, & time to reflect and be thankful. Return refreshed Monday… #
- Writers, editors, & logophiles get brave! RT @DanielLiterary: Need inspiration for a literary tattoo? http://www.contrariwise.org/ #
- Are you inventing things to do in order to avoid what’s really important? Do big things first- trivia will take care of itself. # [Read more…]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06
- “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
– Saint Augustine #quote # - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27 – Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dang… http://ow.ly/16G9u0 #
- Words Matter Week, Day 1: Join the blog challenge & listen to an interview with Vocabula Review editor Robert Fiske. http://ow.ly/1cjsz #
- Blog Challenge Day 1-Words Matter Week: What is the most important word or words in your life? Why? #wordsmatter http://ow.ly/1cKvx #
- “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.”
– Stephen King #quote # - Writers & Editors: Invitation to Words Matter Week 2010 & a new NAIWE benefit” – http://grsnip.com/Fld3 #
- I’ve enjoyed reading posts on the #WordsMatter blog challenge at http://ow.ly/1d18C There’s still time to write! # [Read more…]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27
- Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
-John Morley #quote # - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20 – There’s still time to join the debate on whether school libraries… http://ow.ly/16CPZE #
- Have you seen the Words Matter Week 2010 mini-poster? It’s yours to download and print. Pass it on! http://ow.ly/18r6Z # [Read more…]
Should You Write What You Know?
Write who you are.
Write who you want to be.
Write where you want to go.
What what you want to know.
Write what you want to write.
Write to spend time with people who entertain you.
Write what you want to read.
Write to find out why you write.
J.D. Salinger successfully wrote what he knew, but remembered angst isn’t a necessary ingredient for success. Writers write for many reasons: some to ponder, some to explore, and others to reveal. It isn’t necessary to transcribe actual experience to paper– writers harbor pockets of deep knowledge that can be expressed in many shapes, forms, genres.
Few books are truer than the Lord of the Rings, ….Read more…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20
- There's still time to join the debate on whether school libraries need books. Many interesting comments: http://ow.ly/16Tx0 #
- New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-13 – New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06 Saturday at SCBW… http://ow.ly/16zyZT #
- I'll be teaching today- how to prepare for the SAT. Writing an essay (rough draft, really) in 25 minutes is a useful skill! #
- NAIWE member teleclass: “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” with Paulette Ensign. Wed., 2/17 3:30 pm EST. http://ow.ly/16Vdw #
- The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew #quote #
- Writer/editor newsletter: The Edge: Member Teleclass Wednesday, Success Strategies, Tips & more" – http://grsnip.com/94cQ #
- NAIWE member teleclass “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” w/ Paulette Ensign today at 3:30 pm EST http://ow.ly/16Vdw #
- I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out. -Nora Ephron #quote #
- Writers have to read… it's time to turn off the computer & settle in w/a good book. What should I read this evening? #
- Just posted a How to Participate page for Words Matter Week, coming up the first week in March. http://ow.ly/18r3b #
- RT @mashable The E-book Price War Isn’t Over Yet http://bit.ly/aGurPV Interesting- publishers are betting on the iPad. So am I. #
- Literature is news that STAYS news. -Ezra Pound #quote #
- RT @WritersDigest: Social Media Is Not a Waste of Time – Here's a post at Writer Unboxed that debunks the myth that f… http://ow.ly/16CeVq #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-13
- New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06 – Saturday at SCBWI winds down. I'm inspired, tired. Most moving? J… http://ow.ly/16w5YL #
- Writers & editors: How & why to use your blog: New post on NAIWE NewsWire- Member Websites Now Even Easier to Use- http://ow.ly/1574F #
- It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde #quote #
- Free site allows you to create motivational posters, faux magazine covers, more. Possibly useful, quite entertaining. http://bighugelabs.com #
- RT @americandream09: In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach #
- New post! How I Chose Great Books for Excellence in Literature http://ow.ly/16xubW #
- NAIWE News- Member Websites Now Even Easier to Use! – Make the most of your NAIWE member site with its slick new Wo… http://ow.ly/16xubV #
- Writers & editors- have you joined the writers-editors twibe? All members' writing/editing tweets show up in one spot. Fun! twib.es/BUZ #
- Here's a snowbound newsletter w/an answer for how I chose the books for Excellence in Literature"- http://grsnip.com/9b7W #
- "The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence
calls forth your best." – Epicletus #quote # - Contest for $100 gift card or Professional Photographer magazine at http://photographerblue.com/- a new photographer directory. #
- New post: SCBWI NYC 2010- Final Thoughts http://wordsintobooks.com/2010/02/scbwi-nyc-2010-final-thoughts/ #
- NAIWE News- Featured Member Blog for February: Mary DeMuth – Savvy members use their NAIWE blogs well, and this mon… http://ow.ly/16y3Zt #
- New post: Final Thoughts on the SCBWI Winter Conference 2010 http://ow.ly/16yCtP #
- Contest for a free Kindle- write 259 words about a thin place in your life. Deadline 2/12. I'm entering! http://ow.ly/16y3E #
- Interesting, varied people for #ff: @kaytharris @americandream09 @JoJoTabares @thetotebuddy @MoonlightMom @Selorian @JimSutton5 @grammascott #
- In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. C. Baudelaire #quote #
- NAIWE News- Teleclass: "Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times" with Paulette Ensign http://ow.ly/16zaAs #
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Final Thoughts on the SCBWI Winter Conference 2010
I enjoyed my first national SCBWI conference in NYC a couple of weeks ago. It was exhilarating to be in the same room with so many creative people–writers, illustrators, publishers, agents, editors, and other children’s book enthusiasts (Jane Yolen!!!). While there, I was conscious of the fact that just being there conferred an advantage on each hopeful writer or editor in attendance. There’s nothing quite like the synergy of being present, networking in person, and hearing first-hand from others in the field.
I tweeted many of the tidbits I picked up during the conference, but several things have lingered with me. Here are a few of them: Read more…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06
- Saturday at SCBWI winds down. I'm inspired, tired. Most moving? Jacqueline Woodson's lunch keynote; her writing & reading are compelling. #
- New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-30 – New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-23 The important th… http://ow.ly/16sEj9 #
- SCBWI truth: Different editors want different things. Find the one who wants what you write- don't write what you think they want! #
- SCBWI tidbit: Literary fiction can be commercially successful; some commercial fiction has literary merit. Lines blur… just write. #
- New article on budgeting added to the Money section of Everyday Education. Enjoy! http://ow.ly/10nu5 #
- Snowstorm today; my cable modem keeps flickering. If you don't hear from me, power's out & I'm reading & writing by the fire. Stay warm! #
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