Posts By: kristinlgray

Fear and goals, or What the heck was I thinking?

Don’t hate me. This is my view.

I’m about two minutes away from buying a warm mocha.

Snow is falling.

Yesterday, a few minutes were not so idyllic. Some background, I didn’t learn to snow ski until my late twenties.

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Unfinished

It’s been years since we gave this dog away.

Funny, I never got around to finishing.

Don’t think I want to.

I loved that dog. She was horrid.

Which makes me wonder.

How can I be sure about leaving that

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How close we came to Seuss Dry Cleaners

instead of a Pulitzer Prize winning children’s author.

Read the story here.

Happy 107th Birthday, Theodor Seuss Geisel, an inspiration to us all.

“Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done!/There are points to be scored.

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Where does the heart crack open?

“Here’s the thing . . . where the heart cracks open is where our deepest longings lie, and that is what Story is all about.”

If you write, please read this post by Kathi Appelt. Then be brave enough

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Friday Five

1. We had a mini-blizzard in my corner of the world, where they cancel school for a few flakes and are not accustomed to such blustery-ness and frigid temps (-18 F).

2. That’s right. I made blustery a noun.

3.

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Make a Superlative Book

by Mo Willems.*

• Biggest thing one needs to do…decide whose side your on…the key: BE ON THE KID’S SIDE. • Realize that childhood sucks. • Life is filled with restrictions for kids. • Keep in mind that the

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Perfect Story Arc in Under 1 Minute

No dialogue.

Showing vs/ telling.

A character worth rooting for.

A cute dog. (Never hurts.)

Authentic kid emotion and experience.

A twist ending.

Sure a grown-up swoops in, but by then, I don’t care. I want this kid to reach

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Preparing for the Winter Apocalypse, 2011

If meteorologists are correct, this will be the third consecutive year we’ve experienced an ice storm the last week of January. In my neck of the woods.

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Merry Christmas 2010

From our house(s) to yours!

It’s hard to let the ever growing pile of rejections get me down this time of year. Shoot, I even missed the lunar eclipse, but Candy! Baked goods! Everywhere! (We even have a birthday thrown

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Heads up: Meteor Shower & Total Lunar Eclipse

The massive Geminid meteor shower, the year’s best display of shooting stars, will peak during the overnight hours of Dec. 13 and 14th.And the total lunar eclipse on the night of Dec. 20 promises to be the best lunar … Read More