Whether you’re looking for imagination-pumps or are writing for children, here are some well-regarded new children’s books.
Discover the Booktrust 2014 Best Books awards shortlist! | Children’s books | The Guardian
Taking a trip
I’ve written a variety of stories, but I’ve not really done much that resembles travel writing. I’ll be doing some at the end of the month, though, so I’m looking for suggestions. Here’s a start.
Five expert tips for getting started in travel writing – Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/north-america/travel-tips-and-articles/77797
If you have any ideas, please share them.
Who says these things?
Save this list for a day when you need to kick-start your brain. Any one of these lines would be a great prompt for a quick character sketch.
15 Things Not To Say About Yourself
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/15-things-not-say-about-yourself.html
Conditions of character
If you want to look at how conditions create character, you could do worse than looking to the examples of John Steinbeck.
The 13 Best John Steinbeck Books
If you can’t be there …
Several of my writing friends spent a long weekend at the 25th annual Madison Writer’s Institute. Sadly, I couldn’t go. But the notes and posts from those who could are rolling in. For a taste of the best writer’s conference in the Midwest, take a look at Mary Lamphere’s post, http://marylamphere.com/2014/04/07/welcome-to-the-club/
She’s not the only one raving happily about the talks from authors and agents, the workshops on craft and business, the networking and the fun. It sets a high bar for next year, but we all expect institute organizers Laurie Scheer, Christine DeSmet and the rest of the crew at http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/writing/index.html to outdo themselves — again.
