Wahoo! Writing News!

Soooo....I finished the first draft of my novel. Yay! I can't tell you how good it felt to type the words THE END.

You and Me: A Family Book

I can't take credit for this idea. A fellow book-loving-maniac showed me hers and I copied it with only minor changes.

We covered the characters in the book with pictures of ourselves and wrote all kinds of lovey-dovey messages in it. Then, we gave it to Daddy, followed by a candlelit dinner.

I know there are lots of mushy books out there you could use. This book, You and Me by Martine Kindermans, works well because the simple color scheme is used throughout the book.

It was a fun project. Bubs and Welly didn't even realize they were practicing their writing and spelling.   ;)

NaNoWriMo Writing Contest

Do you write? Did you know that I write? I mean, other than blogging. Obviously. I write for children. Of course, I haven't been published in book form YET, only magazine form. Anyway, I'm thinking about entering this contest.

Have you heard of NaNoWriMo? Sounds wacky, huh? It means National Novel Writing Month. Guess when that is? It's now. And I am working on a brand new story in honor of it. Bubs is, too. So far, Bubs has one chapter written and I have three.

I'll keep you posted on how it goes. Unless it doesn't go far. Then I might be too embarrassed to admit how it's going.

Creative Writing...or filming

My kids love to tell stories. Bubs had this idea that he'd draw a sequence of pictures and video them to make a movie. This is the result.

(Next time, we'll turn the papers horizontal so they fit better in the screen.)

Great first movie, Bubs! We love the end!