After much negotiation, the only good that the child will agree to eat is a bowl full of peanut butter.
Category: Blog
Stories in the Dark
Elaine insisted that we turn off the lights and both wear headlamps for reading her bedtime story tonight.
Pie and editing.
Editing and pie.
I posted the above words, many years ago on Facebook, and my favorite editor asked in a comment whether the second version was a revision of the first… Continue reading “Pie and editing.”
Something That Could’ve Been in Alice in Wonderland
Send the wild herrings on a red goose chase!
Fluttershy, Letters, and Numbers
Elaine, when I went in to wake her up for kindergarten: “I had another Fluttershy dream…
According to Elaine, today was brought to us by the number “sun” and the letter “zoo.”
Minor Recognitions
I’ve now received Honorable Mention/Quarter Finals in Writers of the Future fifteen times.
What You Love to Hear
Elaine, sounding disappointed: “Why isn’t there school on Christmas?”
Me: “Because people want to be able to spend Christmas with their families.”
Elaine: “Not me!”
Whispers from a Future Book
Gah. Trudith and Kipper started talking to each other in my head again. I’m supposed to edit book 2 before I start book 3!
Ambition Untempered
Elaine, after hearing me talk about the Wordos’ goal-setting-and-review meeting tonight: “Maybe when I start Wordos, I’ll get a hundred sales!”
Award!
I won an award! My short story, “The Canoe Race,” written with Daniel Lowd won the Coyotl Award for Best General Short Story!