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Blog postAsk my kids, “What’s the one thing that’ll make your mom really angry?” They’ll tell you: Dishonesty.
There are two exceptions to the rule: little white lies and the so-called “sin of omission.” I like to think of the latter in terms of discretion being “the better part of valor.” You don’t owe anyone answers to inappropriate questions, and you don’t need to inflict ruthless honesty on everyone when there’s nothing positive to be gained by it.
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Blog post“Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions?”
“No, should I have?” I don’t know why I feel slightly defensive at the question. “Have you?”
“I’m still thinking about it.” He approaches each resolution as a SMART goal to be tackled and owned, well before the end of the year.
I don’t want mine to be perfunctory. There ought to be some deep thought, some spiritual inner work, some reflection and profound meaning attached to the crafting of resolutions. Perhaps they are not -
Blog postContents A Fairy Tale for Writers: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?A Fairy Tale for Writers: Flight of the Bumbling WriterA Fairy Tale for Writers: Maybe Nana Doesn’t Need to Know “Well. Good evening.”
“What? Where–” My eyes began to focus in the dimness of what appeared to be a cave.
“Fazitz and I brought you to my home. Hollow Bark. You… are a little drunk.” The cave, I could see, now, was a cozy little room in the hollowed out trunk of a tree. It was sumptuou -
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Blog postIn spite of the rain – remnants of Hurricane Patricia racing across Texas and dropping much-needed rainfall on my now-swampy yard – there was a pretty good turn-out yesterday at the Maud Marks Library in Katy, TX. I love meeting young readers and their parents! Some of the kids came in costume and enjoyed an […]
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Blog postIn the book, A New Leaf for Lyle, Lyle, tired of being known as "Lyle the Liar," "turns over a new leaf." But what does it really mean, to "turn over a new leaf"?
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Blog postA New Leaf for Lyle has placed in the Top 10 in all three nominated categories in the Annual Preditors & Editors™ Readers’ Poll! 2nd Place in Children’s Books: http://critters.org/predpoll/novelchildrens.shtml 2nd Place in Artwork: http://critters.org/predpoll/artwork.shtml 4th Place in Book Cover Art: http://critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml To all the readers who voted for A New Leaf for Lyle, thank you! […]
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Blog postEnter now through June 10, 2014 to win a copy of A New Leaf for Lyle! Five lucky winners will be chosen by Goodreads.
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Blog postI’ve known Carrie for nearly 19 years. I have yet to meet her, face to face, but I have no doubt that we’ll meet in person one day – sooner than later. We are sisters by choice, and have children the same age. Now, we have a book that we created together: my third children’s […]
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Blog postThis is Lyle, daydreaming about being famous. He would probably tell you that he is thinking about his times tables, or how to write a declarative sentence, but the truth is, now that he’s the star of a brand new book, A New Leaf for Lyle, he thinks he’s a celebrity and he’s daydreaming about […]
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