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Archive for March, 2010

Mrs. McMillan’s kindergarten

Tuesday morning I drove to Longmont, to Burlington Elementary School, to visit a kindergarten class. The children had done a “Writers as Mentors” unit, had then written and illustrated their own books, and were ready for the final celebration of their accomplishments, capped by a visiting real, live author—me.
Wendy McMillan, their delightful and talented teacher, […]

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Rules for writers

I found this on Charles Martin’s website—he’s one of my favorite authors. He linked to another website, so if you want the full list, with all the contributing authors, that’s where to look. But I was particularly struck by Margaret Atwood’s list …
1 Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if […]

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