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Saturday, March 12, 2016 3:26:34 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled There’s Plotting and there’s Planning…and Then There are Surprises:
Becky said, "I’m a plotter, never a pantser. Would I love to be (more of) a pantser. Oh, heck, yes. In writing and in life. In life, I’m a planner, although I will stake a claim to have loosened up at least somewhat in the last decade or so. But I..." more
Monday, March 7, 2016 6:25:05 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Highlights & Thoughts from the 2016 SCBWI Golden Gate Conference at Asilomar:
Becky said, "I’ve been watching this conference for a decade. I have heard wonderful things about it, but–since it’s not cheap (well, staying at Asilomar isn’t cheap; the conference itself is more than reasonably priced), I felt like I..." more
Monday, February 8, 2016 9:52:16 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Why I Want Hilary Clinton to Win:
Becky said, "Quick note, in case you missed it, the title is not about why I’m voting for Hilary. A week or so ago, Kurtis Scaletta wrote an excellent post about his reasons for voting for Clinton, but that’s not where I am. Yet. Or not yet. I still..." more
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 5:01:30 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Things I’m Counting as “Writing” These Days:
Becky said, "We all know it. We know “writing” is about so many more tasks than sitting at your computer, or with a notebook, and writing actual words and sentences and paragraphs and pages of that 1st or 2nd or nth draft. We know it..." more
Monday, January 25, 2016 7:02:48 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Tiny Virtual Book Club: My Father’s Dragon:
Becky said, "There were a couple of really fun conversations going on over at Facebook today. Erin Dionne shared a question from a class discussion she was having: Whose story is Charlotte’s Web? There were several opinions! Then Melissa Wyatt (and..." more
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:51:35 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled A Brainful of Ideas:
Becky said, "Over the holiday break, I decided to jump a head a bit and start plotting the next draft of my middle-grade magical realism novel. Usually, I really want to write to the end, but I had realized that the ending chapters from my first draft were..." more
Saturday, January 9, 2016 9:04:39 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Picture Books for Presents:
Becky said, "This Xmas, I asked for and got three pictures books–three of my favorites that I’d read in the past year. (Thanks, Kathy!) Typically, I get picture books at the library–I go grab a stack, bring them home, read them, and see if..." more
Friday, January 1, 2016 6:52:11 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Happy New Year: May 2016 Be Filled with Magical Surprises:
Becky said, "I’m actually pretty excited about 2016. Why? I don’t know! And, possibly for the first time in my life, I’m looking forward to that…to not knowing. Yeah, weird. Of course, I have some plans for the regular, day-to-day stuff...." more
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:41:29 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled The Wrong Voice or Just Too Much Voice?:
Becky said, "“Petulant.” That’s the word that has been coming out of the mouths of my critique partners lately. No, not about me, although I’m sure there are times they’ve been tempted. But it’s Charlie, my hero, about whom..." more
Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:58:39 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Being a Reader Who’s Still Becoming a Writer:
Becky said, "The story in my family goes like this: When my big sister was learning to read, she would come home in the afternoon, and she would play school with me. So at the same time as she was learning to read, she was teaching me. I’m sure that story,..." more
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:14:54 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled I Can’t Come Up With A Clever Title Because It Might Be Wrong:
Becky said, "So if you’ve been reading any of my Facebook posts, you’ll know that I’ve veered off fiction lately and have been reading Amanda Gefter’s Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, The Meaning of NOTHING and..." more
Sunday, June 28, 2015 3:52:03 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled This Week:
Becky said, "What a week it has been. The Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies. Funerals are held for the people who were killed at AME in Charleston. The Supreme Court makes marriage equality the law. Governor Haley of South Carolina calls for the..." more
Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:59:44 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Happy Solstice Eve: Putting Some Words Down:
Becky said, "Today, my husband is taking advantage of the long hours of daylight to do some work outside, with rocks. Rolling them slowly, shifting them slowly, placing them slowly. He says, “You can only think about the one rock. If you think about all..." more
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:59:22 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Worldbuilding in Amber Lough’s THE FIRE WISH:
Becky said, "I just reached the halfway point in Amber Lough’s The Fire Wish (and, yes, things did get much worse). I’ve got an image in my mind. On one side of a desk is a stack of notebooks, filled with lists and tables and scattered notes. Pages..." more
Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:35:16 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled I’m Reading a Book…:
Becky said, "About a book inside the book. Okay, maybe not a book, but a journal. And the book isn’t really about the journal, but it’s the construct that explains why we, the reader, get to step inside the reader’s story. From close up in his..." more
Sunday, June 7, 2015 12:30:42 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Talk to Me about Bernie Sanders:
Becky said, "I hope I’m not taking too big a risk with this post. I’m going to put a few things out on the politics plate, and I’m going to ask for some information and opinions. I have faith that most of you who read my blog will keep it all..." more
Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:37:15 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Time:
Becky said, "It rained today. For two hours, it came down outside the building where I work. We had lightening, we had thunder, and–by the end, we had nice big puddles. In the middle of a long drought, this is obviously lovely. But it’s also weird...." more
Saturday, May 9, 2015 12:10:36 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Remembering Revision:
Becky said, "I have just reached (maybe) the halfway point in the second draft of my MG, but since I’m writing it 99.9% from scratch (that first draft was really just an idea dump), there isn’t much of what I’d consider revision going on. And..." more
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 6:47:56 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Emily Horner’s A LOVE STORY STARRING MY DEAD BEST FRIEND:
Becky said, "I am so happy when I’m browsing shelves–physical or electronic–and I take a chance on a book and then fall in love. That’s how it was with Emily Horner’s A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend. I was out of books..." more
Friday, April 24, 2015 10:53:38 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled The Current Process:
Becky said, "Last week, I mentioned that I’m remembering something all over again–sometimes, the writing process is whatever is working. Today, I want to talk a little more about that. First, a picture of my writing space this morning, just because..." more
Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:23:18 AM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Restarting & Catching Up:
Becky said, "Okay, so… I’ve been working full-time for about a year now. Loving the job, loving the busy-ness, loving the people I work with and the challenges (yes, I landed in a fantastic place!). But…one thing that I have obviously and..." more
Saturday, February 14, 2015 2:03:25 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Happy Valentine’s Day: Romantic Moments:
Becky said, "For Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing a few of my favorite “romantic” scenes from books. Feel free to toss your favorites into the comments. When Anne breaks a slate over Gilbert’s head. When Professor Bhaer shows up in..." more
Sunday, February 1, 2015 12:08:24 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Daily Meditation: Progress?:
Becky said, "I didn’t make it a resolution. I didn’t even talk about it in my post about my 2015 Word. I’m not sure, when I wrote that, if I had even thought about this goal. Yet, here I am on February 1st, and I achieved it. I meditated every..." more
Saturday, January 10, 2015 2:00:19 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled Julie’s House of Lost Creatures: The Art of the Unexplained:
Becky said, "Every time I hit the library, I try to bring home a stack of picture books. I have probably reached my 10,000 hours of reading kids’ novels, but I don’t think I’m there yet on the picture book. Plus, hey, I love them. Yesterday, in..." more
Friday, March 25, 2016 8:14:11 PM
Becky Levine wrote a blog post titled I Don’t Know…Ten Whole Dollars?:
Becky said, "Death Valley looked like this. And it looked like this. My writing station. Yes, that’s a fire extinguisher in the corner. We took a 1987 water-cooled Vanagon to Death Valley; you think we wouldn’t bring a fire..." more