In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours."--Mark Twain I do believe that Mark Twain must have spent a good many springs in Texas. Spring won't be officially here for several more days, but it is already up to its shenanigans. Even before February waved its final goodbye, … Continue reading Spring’s Eccentricities
Category: Children’s Literature
BOOK RELEASE DAY!
It has finally arrived, the day Pelican Publishing/Arcadia releases my middle grade chapter book, Ranch Girl and the Orphan Lamb Adventure. I want to thank so many of you for your constant encouragement and sincere happiness for me. I especially, of course, thank God. I find writing to be hard work but a true labor … Continue reading BOOK RELEASE DAY!
Tsang Tzu
I have been rifling through my desk and file drawers lately and came upon a manuscript from some years ago. I always have manuscripts here and there. Some are complete but desperately in need of revision that I can't or don't want to get to, others I am trying to polish a bit, and still … Continue reading Tsang Tzu
Literary Texas: Fred Gipson, Part 2
Fred Gipson (1908-1973) published his most famous work Old Yeller in 1956. A prolific author of short stories, fiction and non-fiction books, articles, and movie scripts, he was born in the ruggedly beautiful Texas Hill Country. It was a place he loved and could never leave for long. When, after its publication in 1956, Walt … Continue reading Literary Texas: Fred Gipson, Part 2
Literary Texas: Fred Gipson
Bronze Sculpture of Old Yeller and Travis, in front of the M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library in Mason, Texas. "It was a wild, lonesome place, down in a deep canyon that was bent in the shape of a horseshoe. Tall trees grew down in the canyon and leaned out over a deep hold of clear … Continue reading Literary Texas: Fred Gipson
Children and Literature
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Christmas Day is over for another year. So, now is the time when I like to imagine houses, where children of all ages live, filled to the rafters with new, dazzling books sporting velveteen rabbits, talking trains, courageous … Continue reading Children and Literature
Writing in the Ozarks
My husband and I are in the Ozarks--nice time of the year to be in this part of Arkansas. Not sure there is a bad time. I am attending the Ozark Creative Writers Conference in Eureka Springs. It is such a joy. Last night I went to Open Mic night and heard several talented authors … Continue reading Writing in the Ozarks
Friends
Eeyore love. “Any day spent with you is my favorite day.” —Winnie the Pooh I’ve been thinking about Winnie the Pooh lately. Not the Disney adaptations, the A. A. Milne books. I’ve been thinking, of course, about Winnie but also about Piglet and Tigger and Eeyore and Rabbit and Kanga and Roo. Oh, and Owl! … Continue reading Friends