What I Wonder.

Welcome! Here are some of my observations on the craft of writing. Mostly not final thoughts, just what I'm wondering as I go along.

Dec 24, 20222 min read

Advent. A spoken word about waiting.

This year I was asked to write the opening spoken word for Kings Edinburgh's Carol Service. They asked me to write about waiting for...

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Dec 20, 20227 min read

What I Wonder: Writing as a balancing act. Do I keep or change or adapt?

December 20th 2022. Yesterday I wrote for a heady 8 hours. I ended the day by reading aloud what I’d been working on to my husband. The...

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Dec 20, 20223 min read

What I Wonder: How essential is high-octane conflict to children's fiction?

August 20th 2022. Worth mentioning: I was writing a stand alone Middle Grade book over the summer, but have since switched to a MG...

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