Phonics 101: Vowels

In honor of it being back-to-school month, my next few posts will be all about words—two weeks of bliss for anyone out there who loves the English language. So, let’s get down to business. Or back to basics. Or whatever. We all know that words are made up of letters....

Forks and Spoons

Today, I’m going to let you in on a dirty little secret: I am a terrible writer. As proof, I will show you the beginning of a draft of a short story I’m working on. FORKS AND SPOONS Sara looked up from her book to see her sister come to the door of their...

On Writing a Book, Part 2

When I say that writing my book was an inspired process, I do not mean that I had nothing to do with that process, that I sat twiddling my thumbs while I waited for inspiration. Not at all. I worked hard, writing, rewriting, moving sentences and whole paragraphs...

On Writing a Book, Part 1

I wrote this little article last year, so the year referred to herein is actually 2007, when I wrote The Circle of Seasons. I wrote a book last year. Really. A whole book. In about an hour a day. I’m still not sure how I did it. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I...