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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:32:07 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Farther Than I Could Have Imagined:
Cynthia said, "Back in June, I received a Google alert. I figured it was a review of my latest book, but when I checked, I had a pleasant surprise. Somebody had made a video of a poem I had written a few years ago. The poem is titled "Missing," and it..." more
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:26:56 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Showing Some National Library Week Love:
Cynthia said, ""You're on this earth to provide a service of some kind. That's what the good Lord made you for..."Those words are from Paddy Moloney, founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains. If that's the case, then I guess my..." more
Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:32:44 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled The Next Big Thing:
Cynthia said, "The Next Big Thing is a global blog tour, started in Australia, to showcase authors and illustrators and their current work. I was tagged by the talented author/illustrator Jennifer O'Connell. I'll answer some questions about my newest..." more
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:57:24 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled One More Time:
Cynthia said, "I think a two-year hiatus is long enough, don't you? Let's try this again.Just as a bit of a catch-up--since my last entry here, I've had poems included in several books, including: Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of..." more
Sunday, November 21, 2010 5:25:30 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Back to The Drawing Board:
Cynthia said, "North Country Books, located in Utica, NY, is a small regional publisher and distributor that focuses on New York State-centric books. They returned a manuscript to me a couple of weeks ago. I've had manuscripts returned to me more times than I can..." more
Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:54:09 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled And now, for something completely different...:
Cynthia said, "(Apologies to the Monty Python troupe for borrowing their line.)It's been a while again since I've written anything here, due to some circumstances beyond my control and others that were certainly within that realm but I just didn't do it. So, to..." more
Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:22:37 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Old Home Week:
Cynthia said, "Over the past ten or so years, I've been finding more and more inspiration in the area where I grew up, and where my family has been since the mid-19th Century--on the banks of the Erie Canal, in Western New York State. There's so much history..." more
Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:02:07 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Put on your thinking caps!:
Cynthia said, "Do you know who Katie Davis is? You should. She's a funny, smart author/illustrator, and her books are terrific.Katie made a little video while at BEA. To see it, click the TV link on the left side of her blog (http://katiedavisblog.com). She..." more
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:27:10 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Pen Names:
Cynthia said, "Every now and then, I'm asked if I publish my work under my own name. My response is always 'yes'--I've always figured that if I'm going to put in all that work, I want people to know it was me who wrote it. The only exception to that would be if I..." more
Friday, January 29, 2010 2:20:38 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Vampire Ponies:
Cynthia said, "I've been neglecting this blog since my last entry in early November.No. I'm going to put a positive spin on that. "Writing It Down" has been on hiatus. Now it's back for its second season.During much of 2009, I was in kind of a funk. The new..." more
Friday, November 6, 2009 10:46:59 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Taking Flight:
Cynthia said, "As I write this, my son--the younger of my two kids, who works in the International Services Department of the American Red Cross, in DC--is embarking on his first job-related trip. A week in Kathmandu, a couple of days in Bangkok, a week in Hanoi,..." more
Thursday, October 8, 2009 2:54:06 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Going Home:
Cynthia said, "Almost two weeks ago, I was up in my hometown of Lockport, NY, for my (gulp!) forty-year high school reunion. The Class of 1969 of Lockport Senior High generally has a good time at these things, and this time around was no exception. Over the course..." more
Monday, September 21, 2009 9:06:37 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Turning Out The Light:
Cynthia said, "Those who know me well know that, for a long time, two of my primary vices have been really good dark chocolate and the daytime drama, Guiding Light.As an all-knowing teenager and an oh-so-wise twenty-something, I looked wa-a-ay down my nose at..." more
Friday, September 18, 2009 12:51:54 AM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Doing The Blogger Grovel:
Cynthia said, "I knew this would happen. I got going great guns with this blog. Then came a week's vacation, followed by a week-long virus, followed by doing a lot of groundwork for a new novel. Then the dog ate my homework. And I had to visit my relatives. And I..." more
Monday, August 3, 2009 2:39:53 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Edible Revision:
Cynthia said, "Revision has crept out of my writing and into my kitchen.Corn season comes much earlier in Virginia than in upstate New York, the place I still think of as ‘home’. Up there, corn comes on sometime in July; here in Virginia we started seeing..." more
Monday, July 27, 2009 4:57:45 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled A Bit of Bright Light:
Cynthia said, "More often than not, my husband is the one who sees things first. A hawk in a tree, deer in a field—he’s just faster to see them.Last night, we went out to a nearby spot where there was a good view of the sky, watching for a swiftly-moving..." more
Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:06:56 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled A Sudden Shower:
Cynthia said, "When I went into Target this afternoon, the sun was shining. When I came out, fifteen minutes later, the skies had opened and rain was pouring down. It was one of those sharp, sudden showers with huge drops that bounce up off the pavement. I had..." more
Monday, July 20, 2009 6:24:23 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Getting Started:
Cynthia said, "Sometimes it seems as if I spend an inordinate amount of time writing things down. Stories, poems, lists, reminders to myself, a gratitude journal, a "bitch" notebook. So why would I want to take on another writing chore?I guess because it's not a..." more
Monday, July 20, 2009 6:24:23 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Vote for me!!!!:
Cynthia said, "Two days ago, I received a lovely e-mail, informing me that my picture book, Rain Play (Henry Holt, 2008; illustrated by Javaka Steptoe) is a finalist for the Library of Virginia's Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children's Literature. The..." more
Monday, July 20, 2009 6:24:23 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled Remembering Frank McCourt:
Cynthia said, "Just a year ago, as a participant in the annual Southampton Writers Conference, I was at sitting in a classroom with thirteen other people, waiting for our teacher to join us. When he did, he took a few moments to organize himself, then looked at us..." more
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:23:46 PM
Cynthia Cotten wrote a blog post titled The Story of a Book:
Cynthia said, "Wa-a-ay back in the late '90s, when I was in my third semester of the MFA in Writing for Children program at Vermont College (now Vermont College of Fine Arts), I'd been assigned the wonderful Graham "Sandy" Salisbury as my advisor and I needed a..." more