Art is: Making Images; Faith & Belief; Narnia & Heaven & Europe
“…it was really that they could not make their own images.” 🤯💛 This is so wonderfully clear– I love teaching...
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Sep 24, 20191 min read
How to Give Creative Feedback
A friend just joined a writing group an mentioned that feedback can feel so personal. Here’s what I told her: Writing groups can be so...
Sep 18, 20191 min read
Learning (or Unlearning) to Draw
I’m so excited to have finally, finally (but surely not for the last time) convinced myself that simpler is better. That I do not need to...
Jul 15, 20193 min read
Honeybee Magic
I’ve never liked “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” I hated that the fable was pro-hard-working, no-time-for-fun-or-art ant. I identified...
Jul 12, 20192 min read
I See You
You are good. You are enough. Don’t worry about how everyone in your town or your school does it. You have great ideas— you must follow...
Feb 13, 20196 min read
Roald Dahl & the Writing Shed
When I was a kid, Roald Dahl was my favorite author. I loved “James and the Giant Peach,” and thought of it every time we flew to England...
Feb 13, 20194 min read
Big Voice (& the Demons)
It turns out that I can sing. I mean I can do some operatic Edith Piaf thing. At SVEA rehearsal last week I was goofing around and did a...
Nov 7, 20171 min read
Mantra Pages
#mantrapages : After years of faithfully writing Morning Pages (and loving it), I quit (to my surprise) last spring. As I’ve returned to...
Mar 28, 20162 min read
Add a Little Circus to Your Author Talk
I performed stories from The Marvelous Imagination of Katie Addams over the weekend. I’m still not sure what to call it– but I knew that...
Nov 9, 20151 min read
After Your First Draft
I read the first draft of my MS and gave myself feedback. Written feedback. As if I was writing to someone else. (It felt like I was– but...
Oct 19, 20152 min read
What To Do When You Want To Do it All
I want to do it all. Always. This is the feeling that precedes doing none of it. Going on social media and scrolling. Eating ice cream...
Oct 5, 20151 min read
Why Creative Blocks are a Good Thing
On Writer’s Block jumped into my box at the Friends of the Library Book Sale. I was wary– I’ve done The Artist’s Way, this could be old...
Sep 27, 20151 min read
Avoiding the Gate: When the Project Feels Slow
I’m publishing my first book and it’s going so slowly. Not too slowly, but slower than my imagination. I’m a skittish colt leaping around...
Sep 14, 20151 min read
What If Daphne Doesn’t Have to Grow Up Too Soon?
I’ve been stuck in a manuscript for about a year. It’s been sad and frustrating: What if I never get back to it and all those beautiful...
Aug 31, 20151 min read
When You Have Too Many Ideas
What do you do when you have too many ideas? You set them free. You turn them loose. When they rush up and crowd around you, you say,...
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