Somewhere In Oregon,
June 2025
If you sell homemade breads and babka at your
local Farmers Market, BRING BACK THE BABKA!
pairs perfectly!
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To Comma or Not to Comma? That is the Question
I am constantly encountering one grammatical error in unpublished manuscripts and even traditionally published books that I’d like to address here. But before I answer that question, here are two definitions that will be useful in understanding this comma dilemma. The first definition is for “independent clause.” An independent clause is a string of related
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Honorable Mention – 2024 Halloweensie Contest
It isn’t often that I win anything. But I won an Honorable Mention for Spookiest/Creepiest entry. The rules were to write an October/Halloween type story in 100 words or less using three prompt words: chill, tiptoe, and goblin. And here is what I concocted. Thank you to Susanna Leonard Hill and her judges for the
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Do Your Research
Dear Readers, Recently, I paid for a critique on a picture book story that I wrote epistolary style. Epistolary means it is written as a series of letters – so naturally the story will be first person. I wasn’t worried about the style, as I knew there were quite a few PBs written that way,
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Who Makes the Rules
I generally don’t like to talk about politics. I am children’s book writer, damn it. But what is going on with Roe vs. Wade combined with an article I read about the creation of the U.S. Constitution got me thinking. Let’s go back in time to what instigated the creation of our country: No Taxation
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Life is a Cabaret
Revisioned by Marilyn Wolpin With apologies to John Kander and Fred Ebb What good are stories unread in your files? Go make an agent’s day. Life is a Cabaret, my friend, Life is a Cabaret. Put down the journal, The phone and the broom, It’s time to send WIPs away. Life is a Cabaret, my
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