Stories to be told
Photo by Theo Ferguson, Hummingbird rescue at Yerette
Star Power
These days I don’t make any significant purchases without checking to reviews. If it is a non-book item, I try to find professional reviews and if these are not available I weed through user reviews, keeping in mind that most people don’t go back and write a review unless they really hate or really love …
My Favorite Things
I think I have said this many times, so pardon me if you have heard it before. One of my favorite activities is conducting author visits at elementary schools.
Critical Thinking
Today I took part in a critiquing workshop for writers of children’s books. It was the first time that I had participated in any sort of group critique. I had no idea what to expect and I found it quite fascinating.
Chee Chee in the BVI
Chee Chee, the vervet monkey featured in the Caribbean Adventure Series and Chee Chee’s Adventures, had a real life adventure this month. Read about it on the Caribbean Reads website.
Unintended Consequences
I recently let go of a story that I had been holding back for over a year. It was edited by Liane and I think that was late in 2011. I submitted ‘The Soup’ to the St. Somewhere Journal and it was published in their April 2013 issue.
The Soup
Originally published in the April 2013 issue of the St. Somewhere online journal. ‘I hate him, I hate him, I hate him.’ As she stirred the soup, she imagined that she was hitting him with each turn of the spoon. She watched her hands move in the remnants of daylight seeped through the kitchen window. …
Play Ball
My very active but less coordinated child: Mommy, I want to play a sport. Mommy (happy but surprised): Really, what sport? Child: Any sport. Mommy: Why do you want to play a sport? (Clearly the question I should have asked first.) Child: I saw some …
The Third Day
Don’t try to hide, I know what you’re doing.
Exercises in Creativity
I’ve been working on the fourth book in the Caribbean Adventure Series for over a year. The cover is just about ready but the book is not. It has been delayed by many distractions; other books detailing Chee Chee’s earlier adventures, Seascapes and then books that I have published for others. I recently received the …