Full Stop!
January 14, 2025
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Commas and periods weren’t always present in written texts. The practice of using them evolved to make reading easier.
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They Engaged My Odd Attention
January 7, 2025
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In my writing process, I don’t specifically seek out ideas, so much as I come upon them, serendipitously. But once I come upon the germ of an idea I do my research, mostly exploratory reading.
A Walk on New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2024
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The coming of the new year always brings me a renewed sense of time, of moving forward. But there was a moment — one New Year’s Eve — when I experienced being lost in time.
The Night Before Christmas
December 24, 2024
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I have absolutely no idea when I first heard it, but I can’t recall a time when I ever forgot it. For me — as for countless others — it represents the essential saga of Santa Claus and Christmas Eve.
Reading A Christmas Carol Every Christmas
December 17, 2024
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You said you read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol every Christmas. Why? I have no idea when I first read A Christmas Carol. Perhaps it was read to me.
The Question of Book Reviews
December 10, 2024
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The question of book reviews is vexing for many writers. Over my years of writing the world of reviewing has changed radically.
A Book Signing
December 3, 2024
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I may have told this book story here before, but since it happened exactly thirty years ago…
Thankful
November 26, 2024
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One of the particular joys of writing for kids is that they write to you.
Lemony Tomato Soup
November 19, 2024
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I was feeling gloomy. It had started to snow. I started a read-through of my current project. A favorite recipe for Tomato Soup popped into my mind.
A Curious Contradiction
November 12, 2024
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The more books I begin, the worse they seem at the start.