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Writers and the value of doing nothing
[…] A writer is working when he is staring out of the window. — Burton Rascoe. I’ve been frustrated at the keyboard lately, struggling to get the tone of “The Mountain of Dempsey Molehill” right. After several weeks of experimenting … Continue reading
Pokemon, Harry Potter, Stranger Things … oh my
When Pokemon Go was released in early July, my Facebook feed of twenty- and thirty-somethings was filled with cellphone shots of Rattata, Squirtle, Pidgie, Bulbasaur, and Charmander sitting on their kitchen tables, in their yards, on their work desks. At … Continue reading
BRB; I have to finish sniffling over this Harry Potter thread
I came across this exchange this afternoon while wasting time online (be warned that the image below contains a curse word): My first reaction to this thread was to tear up a little. Like most Harry Potter fans, Rubeus Hagrid … Continue reading
What the #$@& to do about profanity in middle grade fiction
One year my Battle of the Books reading list contained “The Runner,” by Cynthia Voigt. Battle of the Books was an annual in-school competition that allowed students to sign up as teams of four, read a list of books issued … Continue reading
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The importance of boredom
When I was a kid, it was usually around this time of year — at the height of summer vacation — that I started to get bored. The novelty of being out of school would wear off as June melted … Continue reading
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