A self-indulgent look at how my life has broken into 20-year sections
This drizzly morning, I have been doing much thinking. I need to blog about the 24-Hour race, but since I feel as if it's all been said, I keep making lame, failed starts. Here's what I've been thinking. My life has been divided into 20-year increments. Every 20...
National 24-Hour Challenge
https://www.n24hc.org/ Here's the race I'm entering this weekend. Since I was frustrated back in January with how little control I have had about how Slider's Son is received in the world, I decided to do something that I can control: Train for a big race. Now, I...
Weediting
In the garden, the last several days, I’ve been thinking about the similarities between weeding brand new baby vegetable plants and editing a manuscript. I’m probably thinking about that because at this time of summer, I’m doing both. Teeny carrot threads of green...
Slider’s Son is a Midwest Book Award Winner!
Slider's Son is a Midwest Book Award Winner!
Tonight is the Midwest Book Awards Gala
Update: Tonight is the Midwest Book Awards Gala. The three finalists in Young Adult Fiction category, Slider's Son, Waking in Time, and Murder Book, are drastically different. They're all good. They're all well-written with good characters and a good plot, and clear...
Maple River Creative Writing students
Jason Willis, my friend for years, teaches English at Maple River, and last week, he invited me to visit his Creative Writing class Friday afternoon. We only had an hour, but what great kids. Great questions, great thinkers, obviously lots of passion for stories in...
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