On this 11th day of the 11th month of 2018, 100 years after Armistice Day, the poppy is a flower of remembrance and sacrifice. Fitting, then, to post this picture of an original oil painting of a girl in a poppy field that hangs in my husband’s home office. This particular work was done by… Read More
Does the world of children’s literature really need another tale about a rabbit? Or, another book by Eileen Beha? What do I have to say that hasn’t already been said before? What story can I tell that hasn’t already been told before? These were the kinds of questions I was asking myself on Day #12… Read More
Day #16 of National Novel Writing Month actually began shortly after my NaNoWriMo class at The Loft on Thursday. After allowing myself the freedom to essentially free-write by hand for fifteen days, I decided It would be best to pause and regroup at this midpoint. I needed go back to my original, typewritten drafts of… Read More