Month: September 2009

  • What’s YA?

    From What YA Lit is and isn’t by Mary Pearson: Who writes [Young Adult literature]? People like me. People who find the teen years fascinating and the nuances of teen literature a challenge. I am not writing it as “practice” so I can one day write an adult book (I am asked that a lot.)…

  • Today was crazy, unexpected, intense, draining, exciting, rushed, and fulfilling. All before noon! No, this is not a new member of our family. Almost, though! Every morning before work, I take Riley on a walk. Today, this beautiful and sweet dog came up to us. I didn’t recognize her from the neighborhood, so I was…

  • Labor Day not so laborious

    Since we have a lot of travel coming up in the next few months (Andy especially) we decided to keep our Labor Day weekend relatively low-key (and inexpensive). So on Saturday morning we headed up to Columbus to check out all the cute animals at the #1 zoo in the country! Yes, that is me…

  • Number of new words written today: Like 30, counting this blog post. Number of FedEx shipments made today: 53 billion. Divided by 53. Or maybe a billion. IT WAS A LOT OF FEDEX SHIPMENTS, OKAY?

  • Remember what you want

    His father had given him the journal shortly after he left—how long ago now? Three years?—and had, in white-out, written the words “WANT JOURNAL” on the cover. In this book his father had written as inscription and directive, “Write what you want. Every day, or as often as you can, write what you want. That…