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Writing
Children’s Authors as Role Models
Do we want our favorite children’s authors to be role models for our children? Should they be? I […]
On Writing Every Day – Or Not
Stephen King, who is a man much smarter (and certainly more successful) than I, recommends that a writer write […]
Walking in my old footsteps
I went home this week. Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down […]
How My Yard Work Helps my Writing
I am doing a lot of writing outside these days And no, I don’t take a pen and paper…. I […]
My First School Visit as an Author!
There is a first time for everything, and this past Monday was my first time doing a school visit […]
Learning Curves on the Road to Being a Writer
If only the acquisition of knowledge and experience were a straight line. When I embarked on my […]
Lions and Titles and Bears – Oh My!
via GIPHY Writing Book Titles is not my forte. In fact, you’ll be surprised to learn that the original title […]
Inspiration
Are you inspired? “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Goh I have been thinking […]
I’ve got a new gig!
I love keeping busy! In addition to my own blog here at wendymcleodmacknight.com, I’ve been invited to be a regular […]
Revisions! (Sung to the Tune of Tradition! if you please)
I hear some people love revising. I do, too, but I sort of feel I suck at it. I am […]
What I learned at #NY16SCWBI
You Gotta Find Your Tribe In my experience, conferences are all about networking and being inspired to return home with […]
I’m Going to My First Writer’s Conference!
This weekend is the SCWBI Winter Conference in New York City. I will be there. I will try […]
The Pain and Joy of Revisions
Life is one revision after another. We crawl, we walk, we run, and sometimes if we are lucky, we fly. […]
Happy New Year and Welcome to the Year of the Sweet 16s!
Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but January 1st is always my tabula rasa, my opportunity to start […]
Merry Christmas!
“Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-colored snow, I could see the lights in […]
A Post about Plunging Into Your Writing
I am currently in the process of “doing” NaNoWriMo, revising a Young Adult Novel, and thinking about starting revisions to […]
Are you NaNoWriMo’ing this year?
National November Writing Month is my new favourite time of year. For thirty days each November, writers from around […]
Best New Web Site for Writers!
Hi everyone! Sorry I have been missing in action. Took a trip and then returned to revisions, revisions, revisions, and […]
Revisions
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” ― William Faulkner Some writers hate revisions. Some love them. I think […]