Now that we finished the Nanowrimo challenge, the most common question is ‘Now what?’ It’s a fair question to ask and one we only have some pat answers for–edit, rewrite, etc. but inevitably the question remains after that, ‘what are you going to do next?’ Here’s the honest answer, we have something that feels ‘novel-ish‘, […]
Firstly, let me wish you all a belated Thanksgiving, we are always so very grateful for your visits, support and kind words! Secondly, when I had my daughter I wasn’t sure if I ever would get a chance to read a novel again let alone WRITE one! That’s right my friends, Michelle and I actually […]
Can you even believe that this month is nearly over? Heck, that this year is nearly over? When we started this month, Michelle and I mentioned that we were participating in National Novel Writing month. It truly was a particularly absurd thing to add to our already very long list of to-do’s. The thing is […]
I never understood the saying ‘hope floats’ (and um, I never bothered to look it up), but Michelle and I have been discussing how the heart/soul is buoyant and it wasn’t until the Paris events that I finally understood what it truly means. I think ‘hope’ like ‘wishes’ get a bad rap, but I do […]
Carson Ellis is one of our favorite illustrators, Michelle and I recently finished The Wildwood Chronicles series and both agree that although the prose was wildly creative, it was made that much better by having Carson Ellis’s illustrations included. I went on to read the children’s series The Mysterious Benedict Society in which Ellis illustrated […]