Titles
October 15, 2024
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What does a good title have that makes it good? Lots of notions here. The truth is, as any author will tell you, a good title is hard to compose.
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Immigrants
October 8, 2024
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I suspect that there are countless American family stories akin to this one, the journey to point of departure, the voyage itself, the arrival, and early years of tragedy and/or triumph.
The Oldest Book on My Shelves
October 1, 2024
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It’s not really a surprise then, that on my shelves I have a few — very few — books from my childhood. Read this week’s essay about those books.
Soup’s On
September 24, 2024
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Last night didn’t start well. It began when my wife and I sat down to a new soup recipe. That soup took two hours to make, but only about thirty seconds to realize, “This is awful.”
I am working on a new book
September 17, 2024
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“I am working on a new book. It’s so new it has no title, and to be honest, I’m not sure what will happen. Certainly, no ending is in sight.”
Great Expectations
September 10, 2024
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With the return of school — has always meant the beginning of the year for me. Never mind January One. As far as I am concerned, this is the time when the year truly starts.
Wrapping Up the 2024 Summer Blog Series
September 3, 2024
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This summer, I invited twelve successful writers to comment on one of their recent books and to give some advice about writing. For you teachers and librarians and new writers there is enough wealth of insights and ideas to suggest a re-reading. And using.
Summer Blog Series: Pedro Martin
August 27, 2024
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I come from a huge family. Eleven, plus my grandfather. So whenever we would get together to trade stories, there were usually twelve sides to every story.
Summer Blog Series: Janet Wong
August 20, 2024
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The general idea to do a funny book came to me during a writer’s workshop. The writers in the room wanted to know my answer to the question, “What kinds of books need to be published nowadays? What should we be writing?”
Summer Blog Series: Gordon Korman
August 13, 2024
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Let me say this first: I’m not a criminal. I don’t have a dishonest bone in my body. But I got the idea for Faker when I started wondering: What happens when fate forces ordinary people to break the law?