Posted in Writing on Oct 13th, 2009
On Sunday after church, a woman came up and introduced herself to me. Her name was Ellen, which, she said, means light.
“You’re kidding!” I exclaimed, my hands flying to my cheeks. “Ellen means light?”
She looked confused (and who can blame her?). Yes, she said, her name means light.
“That is so cool!” I practically jumped up [...]
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Posted in Revision, Writing on Jun 23rd, 2009
When I say that writing my book was an inspired process, I do not mean that I had nothing to do with that process, that I sat twiddling my thumbs while I waited for inspiration. Not at all. I worked hard, writing, rewriting, moving sentences and whole paragraphs around, rearranging, reworking transitions, eliminating illustrations or [...]
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