Inspiration
Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing
“remember,
you were a writer
before
you ever
put
pen to paper.
just because you were not writing
externally.
does not mean you were not writing
internally.”
Fantastic.
New Year’s Resolution Reading List: 9 Books on Reading and Writing
Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure. As far as New Year’s resolutions
10 tips on writing from Joyce Carol Oates, a fine addition to our ongoing archive of wisdom on writing.
American Express has illustrated John Cleese’s famous speech on the 5 factors to make your life more creative.
Priceless: Rare vintage UK edition of James Joyce’s little-known children’s story The Cat and the Devil illustrated by Gerald Rose depicts Joyce himself as the devil to a charming effect.
Great find :)
I love you internet.
elliott holt: Character Descriptions
I was rereading some of Mavis Gallant’s stories this morning and it got me thinking about character descriptions. Gallant, in just a sentence or two, gives the reader a clear, specific picture of her characters. This description of Agnes Bunsen in “The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street" is a perfect…
Lots of learning to be done. Great post.
Adorable :)
More from Lisa’s Airplane Trip by Anne Gutman
More Inspiration. This book is also on its way to Chicago. Can’t wait to “study it”. This promises to be a great learning resource. :)
Book Shopping
My natural place to start in this entire project was to begin researching classes I could take online. However, I was struck by the shocking price tag that went along with it. I am really interested in the UCLA Writer’s Program Extension and the London School of Journalism course. Any recommendations? I’m going to start with a couple of the books off the syllabus and go from there.
One of the three I’ve already mentioned. The other two are on their way to the hotel in Chicago where we travel to on Friday. The most recommended one was “Writing Picture Books: A Hands-On Guide from Story Creation to Publication” By Ann Whitford Paul. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Did I mention the theme of the book will be a travel picture book for children? PUMPED!
Inspiration! I take great comfort in the idea that Mr. Sasek was from Prague.
Books about how to write books.
The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children (Write for kids library)
Here is one book I’ve discovered that should help with this process. Any recommendations out there, don’t be shy. Currently, I’m writing to thin internet space air but one never knows.
Where to start...why not tumblr it.
Just finished up my second graduate degree, like on Thursday, and can’t wait to get started on a book I’ve dreamed of doing for a long time. My master’s was in economics and not an MFA. Considering my recent choice to pursue this endeavor that would have been a better route to take. However, I’ve got this really unique set up where I get to take some time and pursue my dream of writing a children’s travel book.
I am currently and will continue to live in Prague in the country of the Czech Republic. This means I have to wait until I return home to the US of A to pick up the numerous how to guides I’ve had shipped to the hotel in Chicago.
Since I’ve got some time, I thought what the hell, I’ll chronicle my adventures into the world of children’s book creating on that nifty thing called tumblr. I’m sure that the creative process of producing this work will likely be like paint drying some days so we will see how this goes. Full disclosure, the only tumblr I’ve been on before today was www.whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com. I’m just guessing I could be doing this wrong.
With that, I shall tumblr.