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Stacy Ann Nyikos's Blog
June 19, 2009
- Has your son or daughter ever followed you around the house repeating every single word, gesture, expression of yours? Or have you seen your children do it to each other with the secret desire of driving each other nuts, and, of course, succeeding? Imitation is the best form of flattery, they say. But what about when it's involuntary?You might be a writer if...you're a better parrot than your ...
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June 12, 2009
- The empty nest I've been brooding over this past week has given me plenty of time to think. Letting go of those little babies is one of the hardest things ever. Letting them fly. Letting them find their own wings. Any parent experiences a certain reluctance to cut the cord and bid them adieu.But what about a writer and her work?You might be a writer if...you launch your finished manuscripts into ...
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June 9, 2009
- I fell off the radar temporarily last week. Lost all communication. It was a combination of the end of school, huge trip, and finishing my WIP, Pelorus Jack.Most of all, though, I was an emotional wreck. My kids left on Friday with my husband for Germany. I stayed at home in the empty nest.My husband grew up and lived most of his live in Germany until I "imported" him to the U.S. after ...
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June 3, 2009
- ShiftJennifer BradburyMay 2008AtheneumISBN: 978-1-4169-4732-5Retail: $16.99Jen and I spoke together on a panel at NCTE, and I got her book then. I've been meaning to read it ever since. I'm so glad I finally did. Shift is the story of two 18 year-old high school graduates, Win and Chris, who bicycle across America the summer before college starts. It's a journey of self discovery, a YA coming of ...
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May 29, 2009
- In these trying economic times, we all need a little lift now and again, a little ray of hope on the horizon. And we all try our best to keep it together, to cut back, to stretch the almighty dollar or yen or denomination of your choice just a little further. Some of us even resort to games of chance to improve our lot. I hear the lottery is doing well everywhere. I used to play, when I was a ...
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May 27, 2009
- Memorial Day started out kind of slow. I snuck into the office to write. My daughter vegged out on cartoons. Until my husband suddenly appeared with the kite.We hadn't been kite flying in ages. Suddenly, the house was a blur of action. Kite flying. It was contagious. We couldn't get out the door fast enough, despite clouds that threatened rain (and a Ben Franklin kind of kite flying experience ...
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May 22, 2009
- Some weeks, I can think of at least three things I could write about in this Friday post. Other weeks, I'm praying to the gods of inspiration for, well...inspiration. Of course, I could do the high functioning thing and write down the extra two ideas in the creative weeks, but somehow, it never happens. The save came this week at the eleventh hour, literally (11 p.m.), as my husband and I were ...
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May 19, 2009
- My oldest hit the double digits this Friday, and oh, what celebrating there was! I was all ready for that. I'd made one cake, bought another, wrapped the presents, gotten the house ready for the onslaught of ten year who would pour into it the next day. We were ready to celebrate. What I wasn't expecting was the trepidation. Not mine. Hers. DD: Mama, should I be excited? Me: (trying to ...
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May 15, 2009
- Ooh, after the week I've had with babysitter woes, I have really been looking forward to my Friday post where I get to let my hair down, sit back, and ponder the inane, quirky habits of that ecelectic species, writer.This week's spotlight gelled for me in a dream last night. I haven't had the best luck with working things out in the subconscious before, but man, last night, the stars must have ...
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May 11, 2009
- This weekend supplied me with countless material for an edgy teen novel, or at least, a realistic one.It all began when my husband and I decided to live life on the edge and go away for a weekend. We have two kids, seven and ten. So, we needed a responsible person to take care of them. We asked our really great grad student babysitter who is awesome with the kids. Only hitch was, she was ...
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May 8, 2009
- What's your verb? I love that Nike commercial. Verbs are the cornerstone of good writing. I'm always searching for a better one. Why use walk quickly, when you can say sprint. Or swagger. Or, a personal favorite, sache. But what about the verbs we writers us to describe our profession? You might be a writer if...the verbology you use to describe writing makes you at least sometimes sound ...
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May 1, 2009
- Do people come up to you and ask you to tell their story? Do you walk away from school visits with loads of new story ideas that kids give you like sticks of gum? Do adults drop hints about stories you could work on?What about your family? Are they the worst of all? You might be a writer if...you hear "you should write this" A LOT."You should write this" comes out of all ...
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April 27, 2009
- Thank God it's Monday.I never thought I see myself saying, thinking or writing that. I usually long for the weekend. I spend my weekdays in my office slaving at the computer, storytelling, and I really enjoy turning my brain off on Friday. However this weekend...yeesh.It all started Saturday afternoon.Actually, to tell this story properly, I have to give you a little backstory. I'll try to keep ...
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April 24, 2009
- Rousseau cautioned in his writings that the way to true happiness was to walk the middle path, virtu, not too much of one or the other. I wonder sometimes if his advice was self-directed. I mean, he was a writer and a philosopher, the double whammy. The likelihood of falling down Alice's rabbithole for forever and ever is pretty big. Did he know that? Is that why he tried to warn all future ...
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April 20, 2009
- I'm a little ahead of the rolling current this week, which is something. I'm usually trying to swim to keep up with it. Not this week. This week it's Earth Day. That's a big day for my kids. They go to a Montessori school, which hopefully explains A LOT.Earth Day is a major event at their school. They make Earth Day shirts. They make art from recycled materials. They sell plants. They learn about ...
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