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Category Archives: writingOh. Did you notice? School is back in. At least around here. And today, although not exactly being on schedule, I had all my kids in school. All the time. All four. (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV – all available for your reading pleasure. You’re welcome.) Part I, here, and Part II, here. Some of us have to read things in order. Some of us don’t care. But I am an equal-opportunity blogger, so I’ll give you the choice of just skipping right to the juicy part. Um, this is the juicy part. Right here. Writing Business, Part I is over here. Once upon a time about six weeks ago, I taught a couple of days’ worth of classes to 7th and 8th graders, which I sort of already blogged about. It was a great deal of fun. I love honors students, remember that? So for the next few posts, I’m going to act like a Real... I’ve been doing loads of writing this week – just not the blogging kind. The BOOK kind. Manuscript is growing! We’re at 60% word count now. I know, right? It’s excellent. However, one of my main boy characters has a place-holder name (because I sort of just spewed a name out there), and I want... The Nordstrom at the nearest mall has a magic mirror. |