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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Honor, Honesty and Integrity

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These are the virtues I have always admired and aspired to. I have searched for these virtues in selecting my friends and my associates. I w...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Fiction Series Rant

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Am I the only reader who detests fiction series? All right - not all series. Not completed series that astound me by how well thought-out th...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

The Month that Disappeared

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Sometimes so much happens in a month that it's hard to remember to write about it here. May was that sort of month. Between talking to r...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

A Plea to Teachers and School Librarians

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I love getting letters from readers (of all ages) and I always reply. However, it breaks my heart when I get a letter, as I recently did, th...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Balance Life and Writing with Kristi Holl

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We writers tend to look at our work and our process as the most important thing in our lives. We read books about writing, about specific te...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Jumping into the ebook market

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When ebooks became the new trend, I wasn't really sure how they'd go. Would teens and middle graders really want to read books on th...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Second Draft

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Writers like to talk about the first draft, and then the excitement (or the torture) of revision. But for me there's a pretty major step...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Instant Gratification, Frustration, and the Internet

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Over the years, my book buying habits have changed. I used to walk into a bookstore, eager to spend the next hour or two browsing, actually ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Take Time to Celebrate!

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I was very touched when I heard Marion Dane Bauer's story about not properly celebrating her Newbery Honor win for On My Honor . And I...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Tis the Season to Reward Writers

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No matter what the Today Show thinks, January is the time for the children's and teens' lit community to reward writers and illustra...
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Elaine Marie Alphin
Bozeman, MT
I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl walking on weekend mornings with my father. We'd tell each other stories we'd made up, and I decided that's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. How lucky can you get? I've been doing it ever since. I've also moved a lot, which has given me plenty to write about - I've lived in San Francisco, New York City, Houston TX, York (England) upstate New York, Southern Indiana, midstate Wyoming, midstate South Dakota, and Bozeman MT. www.elainemariealphin.com
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