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By: Caroline Starr Rose,
on 12/5/2012
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4:00 - "Poetry lingers on": defining the verse novel
7:30 - A January book release: advantage or disadvantage?
25:50 - Satisfaction, contentment, and keeping writing and publishing separate
Three years ago, May B. won first place for a novel excerpt at the Jambalaya Writers' Conference. This year I'm headed back to Houma, Louisiana to present at the conference. It's a thrill to be included on the roster this year! If you happen to live around the New Orleans area, I'd love to meet you.
Here are my topics:
Verse Novels -- From Homer to Ellen Hopkins: Long a mainstay in classical literature, the verse novel has made a comeback in children’s literature in the last fifteen years. What’s the appeal? Learn about the authors and titles which have had an impact on the genre, why an author would choose to write this way, and if your story might best be told through verse.
DIY Marketing Plan: Authors nowadays are expected to play bigger and bigger roles in spreading the word about their books. What, exactly, does this look like? Learn to identify and reach your target audience in traditional and non-traditional ways, produce materials to compliment your book, and create your own marketing plan.
I'll share about the conference once I return -- and don't worry: I'll eat a bowl of gumbo for you.
Since spring, I've been re-working a picture book manuscript called OVER IN THE WETLANDS. My agent and I are probably on round six at this point.
Each time I return the story to Agent Michelle, she sends back ideas to strengthen my work and always includes some variation of "your work is getting closer, but it's not there yet." It would be maddening if her comment weren't right on target.
I am so fortunate to have someone working with me who only wants my best out there in the world. My writing reflects on both of us. She's asked me to try directions I never would have imagined, and they're working. My most recent breakthrough came in the middle of the night (thanks to a certain puppy), and Michelle agrees I'm onto something good.
This weekend I sent WETLANDS back to Michelle. I'm hoping we've reached the end of our revision rounds. But if it ends up in my mailbox with "close but not there yet" attached, I'll trust her judgement and get back to work.
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill hovers near Louisiana's Chandeleur Islands on Friday.
Photograph by Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images
A massive crude-oil slick from an exploded rig in the Gulf of Mexico inched closer to the mouth of the Mississippi river late Thursday as the government marshalled resources to protect fragile wetlands.
I took another hike "across the bayou," visiting the same nature trail I visited last Christmas.
Here's what I saw:
This little guy,
this little guy,
and this little guy.
Check out this article from Point of Vue magazine about my son's third-grade class. The treasurer is my boy. :)
Lovely! Something fun to listen to and keep me inspired while I fold some laundry. :)
:)