I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to structure the summer writing. My best bet to actually go deep into writing is to do it first thing in the morning, and ideally before most people are awake. When I was in grad school writing Bodies in Motion, I actually went to bed at […]
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Quick note about an upcoming workshop I’m running in Winnetka — they also have the option of joining remotely: Mary Anne Mohanraj – The Writer’s Life: Structures that Support Your Writing and Publication When: May 02, 2024, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Location: ONSITE – 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL /REMOTE The key to publication
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Picture of a tired author, conference day 2. I’m really enjoying the Kweli conference — pretty much EVERY presenter has been interesting (kind of unheard of for a conference), and I’ve learned stuff, and they also all seem like people who would be really fun to hang out with. Spending more time in the kid-lit
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Morning session at Kweli — “two award-winning authors chat with their editor Nick Thomas about how they fuzzified the boundaries between time and space in their new and forthcoming speculative young adult novels.” — really enjoyed listening to their conversation. “You’re Breaking My Heart,” Olugbemisola-Rhuday-Perkovichhttps://www.amazon.com/Youre-Breaking…/dp/B0C3TDGGMQ/ “Manmade Monsters,” Andrea Rogers and Jeff Edwardshttps://www.amazon.com/Man-Made-Monsters…/dp/B0BKRL9RKR “The Art Thieves,”
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Notes from Picture and Word with AYA GHANAMEH, author/illustrator of These Olive Trees, illustrator of Dear Muslim Child by Rahma Rodaah, and designer of children’s books at Penguin Random House https://www.amazon.com/These-Olive-Trees…/dp/0593525183https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Muslim-Child…/dp/0063091992 • Board books – babies, children who can’t read yet• Picture books – 3-6, children who are just learning to read• Middle grade /
The editor knows writers, and what they’re going to want to do: “For final review, authors are asked to read through the entirety of the typeset manuscript with an eye for typographical errors or other minor changes only. This is not a time to rewrite your piece but to catch any lingering mistakes.” Reader, I
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Oof, that was a long day. Prep for teaching, teaching, dissertation oral defense — she did great! yay! — and then coming home to do taxes. My part is done, finally, and I’ve handed it over to Kevin to finish. Writing and art business income is up a little from last year (around $20K, we’re
Next year, profit??? Read More »
Just saw that Cecilia Tan posted a pic of our reading at ICFA, so here you go. 🙂 Great co-readers, fun time.
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Writing retreat update: This morning, started off with some reading, then some revising of the essay, getting to a finished second draft, then swam for half an hour in the warm pool. I tried to brave the cold pool, but it was too cold for me. 🙂 After I sent in my essay to the
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