It's a Secret: I Like to Rhyme
I like to rhyme. There I said it. I've read all those fancy pants writerly books that said don't rhyme, rhyming picture books don't sell, rhyming is the quickest path to the devil (I don't remember which book said that, but I do recall having to have the house blessed after reading it)... Well, here's what I know: Even Rhymezone can't handle orange. (slice by Michal Zacharzewski, SXC) 1. Rhyming makes me happy 2. I enjoy reading rhyming picture books to my children. 3. Some rhyming picture books sell, because I've read a few hundred. 4. Rhyming is not illegal. I can rhyme anywhere I want. Any time I want. With anyone I please. (Unreasonably long sidebar: When I lived in Detroit I lived on high alert of running into Eminem at the Meijer store and having to bust rhymes with him. It was almost as bad as my current fear of walking into a taping of the Real Housewives of New Jersey dressed in yoga pants and yelling at my child...