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Partners in prose
I was going to be very clever and find something that rhymed with “crime” for the title of the post, but it’s o-dark-thirty in the morning and I couldn’t come up with anything. Alliteration will have to do. Anyhoo, I mentioned earlier I’m doing NaNo again this year. But this year, I’ve got a fabulous writing buddy to do it with me: Sir Buffalo Sushi! (Applause, applause.) We’ve got a very cool salt rock lamp that we turn on when we’re in writing mode. It starts the inner creativity juices flowing and alerts Mister and Big Fish to tiptoe past us very quietly because we’re working on our masterpieces. When this light’s a-burnin’, don’t come…uh…okay, still can’t rhyme this early. … Read entire article »
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MIA again?!
Oy, it’s been several days since I’ve polka-dotted. I’m so bad. My excuse is that I was finishing up my fifth book. I know I say this every time, but this one was So Much Fun! I know I’ve still got the edits and the tweaks and the “forgot this!”s to go through, but phew — I’m happy to be finished with this first round. Fun stuff, though. Sometimes it seems like writing can get a little mechanical, so it’s always fun to have some zing in there. Speaking of zing and fun writing…my wonderful agent has been working hard to shop my baby around. It’s a book proposal that I cannot *wait* to turn into a book. Wise writing experts always advise you to send out queries or book proposals and … Read entire article »
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Top four books with Sir Buffalo Sushi
Hello, Bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here. I’ve been reading a lot lately, and have some favorites. *= 1 star, **= 2 star, ***=3 star, etc., etc. The Invention of Hugo Cabret This is my favorite book of all time. It’s around 500 pages, but 280 something are pictures. I think all ages would love this. I rate it: ***** Diary of a Wimpy kid Coming in second on my list is Diary of a Wimpy kid. I read this in about three and a half hours, but I’m a fast reader. It’s like reading the the funnies. Or watching Homer Simpson eat two dozen pink doughnuts in five seconds… It’s so innocent, but extremely funny. I rate this: ***** Among the hidden This is the kick off book of a great series of seven. Great readings! The … Read entire article »
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