About Laurel
Since the age of six when Crawls the Caterpiller crept onto the pages of my wide-lined notebook paper, I've been writing. Through a few twists and turns I've come full-circle and now write full-time, for children. Years of experience, world-wide travels, and a heart for the young reader send me careening from plot to plot, as I connect with everything from picture books, to middle grade, to Youn... More
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Profile Comments
Comment by Laurel Houck on 12/28/2011 at 7:12 AM:
After a bland autumn and lackluster start to winter, the sight of tree branches encrusted with light snow is energizing. Bring on the tea! Write a new chapter!!
After a bland autumn and lackluster start to winter, the sight of tree branches encrusted with light snow is energizing. Bring on the tea! Write a new chapter!!
Comment by Laurel Houck on 12/19/2011 at 3:55 PM:
Writing can be like giving birth, over and over again, one chapter at a time...
Writing can be like giving birth, over and over again, one chapter at a time...
Comment by Laurel Houck on 12/12/2011 at 7:20 AM:
Getting into Book 2 now that the first one has sold. Immersing my brain in plot and characters, know the time will fly as I enter another world.
Getting into Book 2 now that the first one has sold. Immersing my brain in plot and characters, know the time will fly as I enter another world.
Comment by Laurel Houck on 12/3/2011 at 9:05 AM:
I signed a contract for my book today!
I signed a contract for my book today!
Comment by Laurel Houck on 11/9/2011 at 5:05 PM:
What do you get when you mix historic Gettysburg with a bunch of writers? The
SCBWI conferance in Gettysburg this weekend. Should be great! Can't wait to meet, greet, and learn. And of course there's the ghost tour...
What do you get when you mix historic Gettysburg with a bunch of writers? The
SCBWI conferance in Gettysburg this weekend. Should be great! Can't wait to meet, greet, and learn. And of course there's the ghost tour...
Comment by Linda Lyman on 10/26/2011 at 11:24 AM:
I want to know more about Crawls! Thanks for connecting me to this site.
I want to know more about Crawls! Thanks for connecting me to this site.
Dialogue revision...what more can I say??