Monday, October 12, 2009


We have a special treat today! I want to introduce you to Nancy I. Sanders, author of Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career. E & E Publishing. 368 pages. Available at Amazon.com. for $19.95. You can visit Nancy at http://www.nancysanders.com/.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Know Yourself


. . . From my forthcoming book A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Fiction for Young Adults. E & E Publishing.

In the creative writing classes I teach, we spend some time getting to know one another.
Students interview other students, asking questions about their families, their childhoods, their likes and dislikes. They report their findings back to the class, and we do a lot of laughing and back patting. Then I tell them that this activity was a prelude to learning more, not about each other, but about themselves.