By: Beth Kephart ,
on 2/10/2010
About five minutes after I took this photograph of this snow-encumbered greeting, the sky ripped open with a bolt of lightning. I counted one beat, two.
Then thunder. A lion's roar.
Thundersnow is not a fable anymore.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 2/9/2010
The first flakes of the fabled thundersnow have started to fall. Home will be the globe now, so they tell us.
Today, while talking with clients, while reviewing proposals, while sending an email or two, I had this thought about the novel that I wrote for adults, a novel that needs another round of attention before I send it out newly into the publishing world.
If a single transition—in a poem, in a story, in a novel—is broken, then the whole is broken; it is untenable and marred.
Find the broken transition. Fix it. And when you do you will find the novel (the story, the poem) opening itself to you in ways you could not, before, imagine. You will find your novel capable of more. Yourself, too.
Be capable of more.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 2/9/2010
Last night, following a dizzying 11,000-word client project day interrupted only by an hour more of shoveling and my perfect virtual walk with Katrina Kenison, I sat staring, comatose, at the 10 PM newscast on TV. The guy was using terms like "possibly 20 inches of more snow" and "thundersnow." I decided, being a writer of fiction and all, to pretend it just isn't happening.
Here, though, is what is happening instead, thanks to some very wonderful people out in the blogosphere:
Drea and Sara over at Traveling Arc Tours are hosting a tour of The Heart is Not a Size. Any of you who might wish to read an early copy can check the terms and rules out here.
Meanwhile, My Friend Amy has written to share the exciting news that I'll be sharing a panel with her and a few other fabulous book bloggers at the May convention. Go here for details on that.
Finally, those of you who have glanced to the left of this post lately know that Heart is part of the HarperTeen 28 Days of Winter Escapes book-a-day giveaway. Heart will be featured on February 25th with, among other things, an interview focused in part on my idea of romance. Romance. That's right. I was asked about romance. More information can be found here.
Wow - that looks very cool! It's snowing here, but not thundersnowing!
Wow. I've only since this once, in Ohio.
Thundersnow: what a wonderful word.
We've had thundersnow a few times, and I think it's an amazing juxtaposition of words and weather.
What a weather-full week you're having. I hope you stay safe and warm.
If only your pictures could capture the sounds, too. Sounds like a fabulous experience.
Thundersnowing does sound biblical or mythical, doesn't it?