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@dianemagras Thank you for writing this! It means so much to me to hear that what I've written has "landed." Especially now, as I'm working on writing more from the heart. Here's another recent one I wrote...
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So I've found a #KitLit server! Thanks to everyone who helped me discover it.
I'll prolly be spending more time there, just because that's where the #KidLit convos will be. So, just so you can find me if you want to hear those, I'm at: @[email protected]
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So I've found a #KitLit server! Thanks to everyone who helped me discover it.
I'll prolly be spending more time there, just because that's where the #KidLit convos will be. So, just so you can find me if you want to hear those, I'm at: @[email protected]
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So I've found a #KitLit server! Thanks to everyone who helped me discover it.
I'll prolly be spending more time there, just because that's where the #KidLit convos will be. So, just so you can find me if you want to hear those, I'm at: @[email protected]
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So I've found a #KitLit server! Thanks to everyone who helped me discover it.
I'll prolly be spending more time there, just because that's where the #KidLit convos will be. So, just so you can find me if you want to hear those, I'm at: @[email protected]
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So I've found a #KitLit server! Thanks to everyone who helped me discover it.
I'll prolly be spending more time there, just because that's where the #KidLit convos will be. So, just so you can find me if you want to hear those, I'm at: @[email protected]
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Not sure how many educators or children's librarians are on Mastodon, but just in case, I wanted to share with people here that I'm participating again in World Read Aloud Day, and have a sign-up form here for anyone interested! Here's the link: https://www.dianemagras.com/2022/11/word-read-aloud-day-is-coming/
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Word on the street is that the marvelous @dianemagras is making crumpets for today's afternoon tea. An appreciative husband and son look forward to it. I'll supply the strawberry jam. #Tea #AfternoonTea #Crumpets #Food
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Check out the swell present my wife left on my desk this morning. I love phlox. Thank you, @dianemagras. #Flowers #Phlox
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Check out the swell present my wife left on my desk this morning. I love phlox. Thank you, @dianemagras. #Flowers #Phlox
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The best seat in the house? On my lap (and on my blanket), under the desk, while I'm at my computer. Nice and cozy.
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One of my absolute favorite performances of "Our Town" from Stephen Sondheim's brilliant Merrily We Roll along is this rather old (2010 now) BBC Proms performance where fantastic young actors fill this piece with the energy and hope that it's supposed to have. I love that they had the chance to do this.
https://youtu.be/947_K0M6Y8k?si=1WErV8HXu34Virax -
I've been working on some cotton-nylon blend socks for my husband. The first time he tried it on (30 rows), they slid down as he walked across the room. I took it apart and knit it a size smaller. He tried it on today, and it barely fit over his foot—and was stretched so much on his calf that it fell down instantly! He may just need to wear them folded over, which is sad, but I don't know what else to do with this yarn. The original size really seemed to be working, at first. #knitting #sock
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I've been working on some cotton-nylon blend socks for my husband. The first time he tried it on (30 rows), they slid down as he walked across the room. I took it apart and knit it a size smaller. He tried it on today, and it barely fit over his foot—and was stretched so much on his calf that it fell down instantly! He may just need to wear them folded over, which is sad, but I don't know what else to do with this yarn. The original size really seemed to be working, at first. #knitting #sock
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I've been working on some cotton-nylon blend socks for my husband. The first time he tried it on (30 rows), they slid down as he walked across the room. I took it apart and knit it a size smaller. He tried it on today, and it barely fit over his foot—and was stretched so much on his calf that it fell down instantly! He may just need to wear them folded over, which is sad, but I don't know what else to do with this yarn. The original size really seemed to be working, at first. #knitting #sock
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I've been working on some cotton-nylon blend socks for my husband. The first time he tried it on (30 rows), they slid down as he walked across the room. I took it apart and knit it a size smaller. He tried it on today, and it barely fit over his foot—and was stretched so much on his calf that it fell down instantly! He may just need to wear them folded over, which is sad, but I don't know what else to do with this yarn. The original size really seemed to be working, at first. #knitting #sock
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A couple of days ago, I finished my second-ever pair of socks, which I tried on multiple times as I knit to be certain of the size. They fit beautifully while I was knitting and trying them on (or after I adjusted), though I've worn them now and they're a bit loose. I think I need to either try a size smaller next time, or maybe just wash and block them. They came out pretty well, though, and are super cozy.
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Happy Winter Solstice! This day begins the novel that made me first want to be a writer: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It was my introduction, as a young reader, to true menace depicted on the page. The lore drew me in, the marvelous characters, and Will Stanton's quiet, rural life.
These wonderful songs (made to accompany a dramatic reading of the novel) epitomize so much of the book's feeling: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLWQeCvmFty0yLkLWNz8joUn4nXu-pDEI
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Happy Winter Solstice! This day begins the novel that made me first want to be a writer: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It was my introduction, as a young reader, to true menace depicted on the page. The lore drew me in, the marvelous characters, and Will Stanton's quiet, rural life.
These wonderful songs (made to accompany a dramatic reading of the novel) epitomize so much of the book's feeling: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLWQeCvmFty0yLkLWNz8joUn4nXu-pDEI
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Happy Winter Solstice! This day begins the novel that made me first want to be a writer: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It was my introduction, as a young reader, to true menace depicted on the page. The lore drew me in, the marvelous characters, and Will Stanton's quiet, rural life.
These wonderful songs (made to accompany a dramatic reading of the novel) epitomize so much of the book's feeling: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLWQeCvmFty0yLkLWNz8joUn4nXu-pDEI
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Happy Winter Solstice! This day begins the novel that made me first want to be a writer: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It was my introduction, as a young reader, to true menace depicted on the page. The lore drew me in, the marvelous characters, and Will Stanton's quiet, rural life.
These wonderful songs (made to accompany a dramatic reading of the novel) epitomize so much of the book's feeling: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLWQeCvmFty0yLkLWNz8joUn4nXu-pDEI
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Happy Winter Solstice! This day begins the novel that made me first want to be a writer: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It was my introduction, as a young reader, to true menace depicted on the page. The lore drew me in, the marvelous characters, and Will Stanton's quiet, rural life.
These wonderful songs (made to accompany a dramatic reading of the novel) epitomize so much of the book's feeling: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLWQeCvmFty0yLkLWNz8joUn4nXu-pDEI
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So my iPhone updated last night to iOS 26.2 which I absolutely hate. What is with this bizzare Liquid Glass screen, and those massive icons? I detest AI and have blocked as much of that as I can, and done every workaround that I can with the appearance, but my phone is still hideous. I really don't want to use it anymore.
Apparently, you can still keep iOS 18 for a little longer, but it will try to push you into upgrading. Sigh. I wish I'd know, as I can't dial this one back.
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This is an old article but an absolutely wonderful piece on my favorite filmmaker: Agnès Varda. To this day, she is still so inspiring for her brilliant imagery, empathy, wit, daring, and immense curiosity (as well as her championing women in film-making in every role). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/21/agnes-varda-i-am-still-alive-i-am-still-curious-i-am-not-a-piece-of-rotting-flesh
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A tip when writing to #legislators (which I highly recommend, as their staffers keep track of what people write to them about): Figure out their committees and leadership, plus their issues, and then, if you can, tie in your message accordingly. And start your message with a hook, not "I'm writing to you because…"
I recently did this and got two long, very thoughtful responses very much connected to what I'd written. Not from my GOP one, but I'm always going to write to her anyway.
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Today I was invited to join my state's school library conference in April to sign books! It had been a long, intense day (not bad, though) with my day job, so having this recognition of myself as an author was very rewarding. I love school libraries (I volunteered once a week in my son's all through his elementary school years), so being with those wonderful book-lovers will be quite the dream!
#WritersLife #ChildrensAuthor #KidLit #MGLit #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity
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This is such a good podcast from agent Jennifer Laughran and YA author Sara Zarr about the creative life, writing careers as a meditative labyrinth, the urge to get drafts out before they're ready, and more: https://literaticast.libsyn.com/55-into-the-labyrinth-with-sara-zarr
#WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon #authors #AuthorLife #ChildrensFiction #ChildrensAuthor #YA #MGLit
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As a writer, I'm always fascinated by art's relationship with narrative in a book. I'm a huge fan of cover art and interior art in books for any age of reader, though of course #KidLit in particular. This article (which I found thanks to the artist who created my first two books' covers, Antonio Javier Caparo) goes into art, narrative, and books in gorgeous detail: https://www.muddycolors.com/2023/02/the-book-as-object/?fbclid=IwAR3XmfMmcem_DMffgEmFrg9SfzO0T2h8om-b_5psXwQfpjlipKVnczBJ71w
#Art #books #Writing #ChildrensLiterature #ChildrensFiction #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensAuthor
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I can't stop thinking about Agnès Varda's 2000 documentary "Les glaneurs et la glaneuse," which begins with this image: Varda posing as one of the famous paintings she shares. The film delves into modern gleaning: people gleaning potatoes, a gourmet chef who gleans herbs, salvagers (urban gleaners) gathering food, artists collecting sculpture parts, and Varda herself: a gleaner of images. Utterly brilliant, filled with respectful curiosity.
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I just got an email from a fan saying that Secret of the Shadow Beasts was "the best book I ever read."
So, so sweet. If your kid ever loved a book, know that it means a huge amount to authors to hear this.
#KidLit #MGLit #ChildrensLiterature #ChildrensBooks #AuthorsOfMastodon #KidLitAuthor