Is it REALLY Valentine's Day?
February means being misled by a groundhog, tricked by the crocuses, and bamboozled by the weather. And that's before you add in general Valentine's uncertainty of whether He loves me or He loves me not. Of course, that …
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Halloweensie! The House Creatures' Halloween
Forget the trick-or-treating and candy and costumes and watching your jack-o-lantern slowly collapse into a gooey mess... Halloween means it's Halloweensie time! This is my 11th year writing for this contest, and thanks to S…
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Why Critique is Worth Celebrating
One of the most beautiful parts of writing Kidlit is critiquing. "Um, hearing why your story sucks doesn't sound beautiful," you say. But that feedback, no matter how devastatingly true, even if it causes you…
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Say Howdy to Cowboy Bob!
Well, my Spring was wild with school activities, my Summer frolicked with fun, and I've rolled right into back to school! Fall is always a productive season with lots of revisions to chew on and many contests to inspire new p…
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Why Owls - a Spring Fling Poem
It's snowing one day and hot the next, so it must be Spring! The Spring Fling Kidlit contest is open for entries through 4/3/22. This contest hosted by Ciara O'neal and Kaitlyn Sanchez is for stories under 150 words for k…
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Bloom! A poem for Spring
Vivian Kirkfield hosts an annual #50PreciousWords contest in March which challenges writers to pen a story under 50 words. Please read a few of the wonderful entries in the comments of her post. I had one of those waking dreams…
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Ten Years!
Ten years ago today I wrote my first blogpost. That day I claimed to be Committing to be a Writer. Posting that on the interwebs for the whole wide world (or really a few writing friends and some spammers) to see must ha…
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