Writing
The Gifts We Give our Children (and Main Characters)
This Christmas I gave the children lots of stuff. Sparkly stuff, shiny stuff, shrill sounding stuff, swirling stuff and stuffed stuff. They are pretty good wonderful kids, and I am lucky to be able to give them these gifts. …
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Writing Samples
A Mom to Share Holiday Story
Susanna Leonard Hill is hosting her second annual Holiday Contest where you write a children's holiday story beginning with any version of "Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh" and under 350 word…
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Writing
Memory Mining: One Pony or Two?
To be fair he had to use those ties with the little balls on the ends. When I was five I would sit on the bottom step in front of a mirror. My dad would ask "one pony or two?" and fix my hair in the request…
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voice
Write Like a Celebrity
PiBoIdMo is over! I have over 30 lovely picture book ideas just waiting for me to write them. I immensely enjoyed my first Picture Book Idea Month hosted by Tara Lazar at Writing for Kids While Raising Them. Each day in N…
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Writing Samples
Mischievous Elf on the Shelf
As a new blogger, I completed the "April Platform a Day" Challenge at Robert Lee Brewer's site . He sprayed firehouse information at me, and I asked questions liked "What's Pinterest?" Thankf…
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play-doh
Why Picture Books Matter
You know that feeling of excitement when you open a fresh container of play-doh? I like to take a whiff of its salty smell first. Then I plop it out carefully without injury to its perfect cylinder shape. Finally, w…
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Writing
A Quiet Mind is the Perfect Place for an Idea Attack
Long drives usually make my eyes glaze over with boredom, but on the way home from the holidays I jumped at the opportunity because it meant a break from being the wet nurse for the back seat drivers. &quo…
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