Monday, November 30, 2020

Christmas with the Old Masters--Botticelli

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  From now through Epiphany, I’m going to showcase seasonal art from the Old Masters, starting with Botticelli. Allessandro di Mariano Fil...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Writing About the Pandemic

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  When is it too soon to start writing stories about the pandemic? And should we? When people are panicking, it’s not a good idea to feed ...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Dealing with Reader Expectations when the Reader is Wrong

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  The courtroom scene from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is pure farce, and nobody would believe it. So why do television viewers believe...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Covid-19 Drags Publishers Into the 21st Century

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  Covid-19 isn’t a good thing, but it does have some useful consequences. Last week I finished another round of publisher submissions for ...
Monday, November 2, 2020

An Hour Gained--Or Is It?

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  With yesterday’s time change, I dug out a poem I wrote in 2013. I’ve printed it on this blog before, but it remains timely. (And yes, the ...
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Monday, October 26, 2020

Choosing a Protagonist from Another Culture

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  Last week I explained why I chose a Japanese-American protagonist for my first middle-grade historical novel. But that protagonist was hal...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Writing from Researched Experience

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  I’m about as WASP as you can get, but the protagonist of my first middle-grade book, Desert Jewels , is not. Here’s the blurb. Twelve-ye...