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by Guest Blogger, Dori Butler author of Do You Know The Monkey Man? and Trading Places With Tank Talbott Note from Darcy: Dori will be talking about our parallel projects of reading our novels aloud to an audience of kids. I talked some about my experiences here. Dori will talk about reading her work-in-progress novel [...]
By Guest Blogger, Kristin Wolden Nitz Saving the Griffin (Peachtree, 2007). Re-visioning When I finished The Griffin for the first time, it was just over 18,000 words long. It opened with Kate and her younger brother Michael having batting practice in a Tuscan Garden. When Kate dove under a laurel bush to retrieve a foul [...]
by Guest Blogger Alan Gratz Samurai Shortstop (Dial, 2006). The Letter You always want to get the phone call from a publisher, not the letter. The letter says, “We liked your novel, but . . .” and then you can pick one of a thousand different reasons they aren’t going to buy your book. The [...]
by Darcy Pattison Robert Frost says, “Good writing is good speaking caught alive.” In other words, the pitch changes, intonation and rhythm pattern can carry the meaning of a sentence like, “Nice haircut.” You can say that phrase and by changing your intonation patterns you can give it different meanings: ironic, disapproving, enthusiastic. How you [...]
by Darcy Pattison I think that it is totally fitting that the parents of the bride will take a trip themselves next week. My DH and I plan to float the Colorado River, the last 100 miles of the Grand Canyon. We had the trip planned long before the announcement of our daughter’s engagement and [...]
by Darcy Pattison I was surprised, but pleased to learn this week that I will be the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist for my work as a children?s book author. Sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Council, the award will be presented on October 22, 2007 at the annual ArtLinks [...]
by Darcy Pattison A Great Firefox Addon for Writers Write it. With this addon, your computer will read aloud a webpage or text. Reading aloud your WIP is a great way to edit. Print out a hard copy and turn away from the computer and listen and mark up the text. 50 Writing Tools for [...]
by Darcy Pattison Do you recycle your work, especially your non-fiction work? On several smaller projects this month, I’ve recycled information about writing and the audience has meant a huge revision. Some of the writing I’ve done about novel revision has been in informal emails that I’ve saved for just such a time as this. [...]
by Darcy Pattison Thanks to all who sent good wishes on my daughter’s wedding. There was a huge downpour about 15 minutes before it started, just as guests were arriving. But still–friends and family did come. My daughter cried through the whole ceremony, tears of joy, from the beautiful bride. It was a good day! [...]
by Darcy Pattison Amy’s Texas Star My daughter is getting married tomorrow! Here is a picture of her wedding quilt, Amy’s Texas Star.
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