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Summer time is inevitably full of stops and starts in our writing. There are vacations, the pull of a sunny day, kids’ activities and much more. For me, I’m teaching several professional development classes this summer; local teachers must attend 60 hours of PD/year and often focus on this requirement during the summer. Great work [...]
Extended Novel Revision Retreat The San Francisco chapter of the SCBWI is hosting a Novel Revision Retreat on July 16-19, 2009, but there’s one twist. It will be an extended retreat, lasting one day longer than normal. There’s never enough time! If you’ve attended a retreat, you’ve heard me say that over and over. Revising [...]
Time Away from a Novel Can Give you Perspective One of the most important things I do to improve my novel is to take a break sometimes. That’s what I’m doing this weekend. I’m attending a quilting workshop and playing with color instead of with words. Our teacher for the weekend is Mary Lou Weideman. [...]
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