In the first half of this year (how can we be halfway through the year already?) I benefited from several webinars about different aspects of writing. A few were free, a few had a fee, but all were worthwhile. Among them were an Agents Day hosted by SCBWI Wisconsin, a webinar about writing first pages […]
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I read an all-too-brief article on Broadway World, with an equally brief — but delightful — video, and I wanted to share them with you (in an equally brief blog post!) Those of you who’ve been following my blog for some time may recall my previous posts about illustrator, costume designer, set designer, director Tony
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Recently, I read the excellent writing craft book SLEUTH: GAIL BOWEN ON WRITING MYSTERIES, by acclaimed Canadian mystery novelist Gail Bowen. I’ve posted about it today on my Flubs2Fixes blog. Although the title would indicate that it’s about mysteries, the book itself has a great deal of information and guidance about writing in general, that
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I’m having trouble with my Flubs2Fixes website at the moment, but rest assured I’m working on it, AND I am open for business in copy editing and proofreading! If anyone is looking for copy editing or proofreading, please contact me at elizabethannewrites (at) gmail (dot) com (do the necessary replacements of symbols for words in
Thank you for sticking with me through this year’s version of alphabetical posts! While it did give me a bit of a focus for each week, rest assured that next blogging year, I will find some other way to focus my posts. I will leave the alphabet to experts like Kermit and Joey. (I just
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Title: Whistling in the Dark Author: Shirley Hughes Publisher: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2015 Genre: Middle Grade fiction Audience Age: 9 to 12 years Themes/topics: World War II in Britain, the Blitz, friendship, earning or losing trust, changing relationships Synopsis: This is the story of Joan, a thirteen-year-old girl growing up in a suburb of
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