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Just a quickie today for all my writing buddies. This morning on Facebook I found something called Authors Publish Magazine. It’s completely free and delivered to your email. I decided to subscribe and see what it’s all about. Here’s their mission statement: I just wanted to share it with you and give you the . . . → Read More: Something I Found This post first appeared in The Cape Cod Children’s Writers Blog on January 23 2014. I have never moved my work very far simply because marketing has always been, for a self-published author, much too daunting for me. Just panacea of online information on how to go about it makes my head hurt and venture . . . → Read More: Marketing! Marketing! Marketing! Yesterday my first piece of work was published. This is a special day for any writer. It took four years. This blog was it’s starting point. This blog gave me legs to get in the race. Since it’s inception, I have also found other talents along the way. I can illustrate, and recently I discovered . . . → Read More: Published! Welcome to our new “Friday thing”. Today I’m joining in a “blog hop”, which is very much like a blog challenge because you get to meet awesome people and read some really great blogs. It’s different in that you don’t have to post everyday for 31 days. You only post on Friday using the alphabet . . . → Read More: E is for Excited! Now that Ralph is once again alive on Amazon, it’s time for a creative break. (I can’t believe you haven’t downloaded your copy yet – or if you just did – thank you!) Yesterday I went to the craft store to gather supplies for a jewelry project my daughter is working on. While there, I . . . → Read More: Ralph Lives – Time For A Creative Break The five participants in this week’s Young Authors Workshop at Firefly Moon in Arlington MA made me ultra proud today. These children worked very hard for three hours each day and produced some of the best writing I’ve ever seen. I enjoyed getting to know them and help them hone their writing skills. We ended . . . → Read More: So Proud! “And that is why, when it’s time to make a change in my life, I just BEGIN. Even if I’m starting in the wrong place. On the wrong project. I simply BEGIN. ACTION is magical. Somehow, action leads to clarity. Begin somewhere and just pay attention to the results you get. Then, . . . → Read More: It’s All In The Eyes Day three of my Young Authors Workshop was Illustration Day. We met my illustrator friend, Lynne Chapman from the UK, via website. The children saw video of how she goes about illustrating a book and then watched her do an actual page from her studio. Next they used Lynne’s how to draw lessons on her . . . → Read More: Illustration Day – Day 3 This morning I got up and set to work going out to do what I needed to do today along with all the other Bostonians all around me. A friend of mine wrote a blog entitled Finding Perspective that I read just before leaving the house. Not being up here in the city or being . . . → Read More: Gaining Perspective – Day 2 That’s right. I forgot. I forgot how hard it was to write lesson plans, create learning centers, and gather up all the materials. I am teaching my Young Authors Workshop in Boston next week during school vacation. I have six little gifted authors and want to give them a great writing experience. Two months . . . → Read More: I Forgot! |
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