Where do stories come from? Does the writer invent them? Or discover them? I’m certain it’s the latter. As least if they are living stories, true stories. (True–whether or not they are factual.) It was that blog from a couple of weeks ago that got me thinking about the promise that God will supply all… Read more »
Cat & Mouse — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Once again! Oh Hooray! (Back in June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Even on a Monday. Guaranteed. And so, because I’m nice like that, I’ve been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are… Read more »
Supplies and Greek
Are we really to have a blog about office supplies, now? No, fortunately we are not. Instead, we are going to have a lovely way to start the week. It’s Monday and, instead of reading my To Do List, I started the morning reading this–a great reminder from Eugene Peterson: that God is the one… Read more »
Flower Bed — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Again! Oh Hooray Hooray! (In June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. And every Monday needs that surely.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I have been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there… Read more »
why there’s no such thing as children’s books
“I don’t believe that I have ever written a children’s book,” Maurice Sendak once said. “I don’t write for children. I write–and somebody says, ‘That’s for children!’” Madeleine L’Engle said, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it… Read more »
Featured Illustrator: Chris Haughton
Chris Haughton is a favorite artist of mine—such a brilliant sense of humor and most of all so very deceptively simple (and believe me, as a picture book writer, I know how extremely hard that is to do…) Behind a “simple picture book” are revision after revision. With How To Be A Baby, for instance,… Read more »
some of my favorite book dedications
I love reading book dedications. They are so commonly used, that you may be tempted to skip past the same old, “to my dearest so and so for all your love and affection without whom blah blah blah.” But if you do skip them, you’ll miss out on the great ones. It’s an art form in itself…. Read more »
Tongue Tied — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Oh Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Which is exactly what we need on a Monday at the end of a summer.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I have been posting every single one I can… Read more »
limits and freedom
Imagine if you could do anything you want, and absolutely nothing was off limits, and your choices were unlimited, how would you feel? At first you think, yes! I’d feel great. But the reality is, if you’re like me, you don’t feel free. You feel trapped. There are too many things you could do so… Read more »
Cat Man Do — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday AGAIN! Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands… Read more »