Because everyone loves a good story
Posted on November 23, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
If you’ve never read “Where the Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak, then I’m not sure where you’ve been all your life, but I know where you need to go: to the library. A.S.A.P. The book will take you less than two minutes to…
Category: Awesome Children's Books, The Writer's Journey, Uncategorized Tags: author, illustrator, literature, love, Maurice Sendak, Max, mother, plot, theme, Wild Things
Posted on March 20, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
I really want this to be an interactive series, so each post will end with a question. Today’s question is: “Think of one story (book, movie, show, myth, whatever) that you’ve really enjoyed. What is it, and what do you like about it?
Posted on February 28, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
Edmund Spenser was preparing to write an epic. Back in the day, it was customary for someone that audacious to declare his intentions in advance by writing something a bit more manageable first. For Spenser, this was a series of 12 pastoral poems called…
Category: FYI, Uncategorized Tags: epic, goal, limerick, literature, poem, writing
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