Tag Archives: world-building

What can you invent?

Among the things M.T. Anderson talked about in his keynote address at last week’s SCBWI conference in LA was using our creativity to extend the worlds of our books. In addition to the example of futuristic slang in his FEED … Continue reading

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Foreign lands, familiar insights

I’m at the SCBWI International conference in LA and easily the biggest draw for me this year was the chance to hear M.T. Anderson speak again. (I am not easily star-struck, but he is a star in the writing firmament … Continue reading

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My reality or yours?

LJS’s post about DEAD GIRL DANCING got me thinking about ghosts. My grandmother’s house is haunted. Really. Most everyone in the family, including a science teacher, agrees, as did a few objective friends who visited with me when I was … Continue reading

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