Monthly Archives: May 2010
More Stories from the Ever-Awesome Clive
I love Clive. Millions and millions of love. Now, I know it’s very wrong of writers to pick favorites among their characters – much like parents pouring love onto particular children and ignoring the rest. And while it’s true that … Continue reading
Right Brain, Left Brain: Or, How My Shaky Yoga Skills Made Me Re-think My Writing
I was at yoga class last night, breathing deeply and stretching my sweaty body from one end of the universe to the other, when I realized something: I am entirely unable to balance on my right foot. When I’m on … Continue reading
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Tagged car accidents, left brain, right brain, transformative thinking, William Shakespeare, yoga
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SQUEEEEEEE!
I just sold a story! To Sybil’s Garage, one of my all-time favorite lit mags! And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Kelly will proceed to do her Story Sale Happy Dance. You’d best look away, as this is not a pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction is my job, happy dance, publication, Short Fiction, Sybil's Garage
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I CAN HAZ TITLE!
So we nixed THE BOY WITHOUT A FACE, and then it was JACK BE QUICK, followed by THE CURIOUS FACE IN THE CORNFIELD. Shortly after that, we played with MAGIC UNDERGROUND, then UPROOTED, then THE SECRET HISTORY OF HAZELWOOD, then … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction is my job, LB kids, Little Brown, novel, novels, The Mostly True Story of Jack
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A Great Reluctance
You know in Lord of the Rings, when Bilbo – and then Frodo – are asked to hand over the Ring, and they are overcome and kind of crazed by a sudden unwillingness to part with the wretched thing, despite … Continue reading
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Tagged Childrens literature, fiction is my job, LB kids, Little Brown, novel, novels, transformative thinking
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Happy Mothers Day
Happy Mothers’ Day to all mothers: all overworked mothers and underpaid mothers; all frazzled and joyful and superhero mothers; all grieving and wanting and broken mothers. Happy Mothers’ Day to those whose children do not call, whose children do not … Continue reading
Much Like My Inability To Walk and Chew Gum……
I can’t write while I teach. Like at all. I’ve attempted to do it before – some feeble stabs at a story over here, some anemic excuses for a poem over there. Nope. Not at all. It’s as though, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Freaks and Geeks, Mr. Russo Rocks, passion for the job, Teaching, writing
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First the Grownups and Now the Kids
And so continues Kelly’s 14-day marathon of constant teaching, as she moves from the world of rowdy grown-ups to the world of rowdy nine-year olds. Actually, scratch that. The grownups were way rowdier. In any case, it’s funny when you … Continue reading
The Loft Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference
Thanks to everyone who was so kind as to come to my Magic and Fantasy class at the Loft yesterday. I seriously thought I’d only have two students, and was woefully unprepared for the number of folks who came. Actually, … Continue reading
