10 takeaways from writers who made it
“Make it big and ugly and gross and you can go back and fix it later.” Veronica Roth on writing the first drafts of the “Divergent” series YA novels.
They may be cute and fuzzy, but they’re not living here!
“The hamster must go!” I would declare the next morning. But Morgan, and my own two boys, promised to prevent another escape…Harry stayed another day and another night – which, by the way, for hamsters, is reversed.
Blankie Bliss
Ten years ago we almost missed a flight because, halfway to the airport, Riles cried out that we’d forgotten his blankie.
The Brain, the Heart and the Dreamer
The Heart: Look, I’m in, but she really needs you too.
The Brain: Can I think some more about it?
The Chai Don’t Lie
Sip the chai. Delicious. Taste life. It is also good. Look out onto this blue sky day. It is beautiful. Sip. Taste. Look.
A little rough around the edges
Our plan was to go green, as in the next level of ski slope up. It seemed reasonable, especially when I mastered getting off the lift without falling under the seat.