I spent seven days in the world Walt Disney built during the school break, and now that I have been home for a few days, I’ve had a chance to digest the experience.
We spent two days at Disney World: one in the Magic Kingdom and the other in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Then my son and [...]
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I have been away from this blog for most of February.
When the manuscript goes off to the publisher, I find it a bit of a challenge to blog. But Babz doesn’t buy the excuse and I know she’s right.
I think that deeper down, I haven’t blogged for several reasons.
First, I have been following the germ [...]
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So this past week, I did something for the first time: I told my editor NO.
At the end of an early chapter, I recounted an important story about my father that I had never heard until I began writing the book in 2006. When I heard it, I nearly cried. I was completely shocked: shocked [...]
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