Ask the Author: Judy Phillips
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Judy Phillips
As a child, I inhaled the works of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I still recall shivering as winters were described in The Big Woods. If I were to transport myself into that pioneer world created by this gifted author, I'd wake each day to the exhilarating hardships faced by those brave souls who made do with what they had available to them. Folks nowadays find "tiny houses" and simplifying life intriguing. Yet in Wilder's world it was just the way they lived. Ahh... freedom from the trappings of life and simple enjoyment of the beauty of nature!
Judy Phillips
I simply write. Just the flow of words, any words, unclogs my mind. Not trying to write for the approval of others is the best remedy. If a writer catches herself wondering what a specific person would think of her ideas, that is when the block happens.
Judy Phillips
The freedom to create is so addictive, especially with fictional works. The possibilities are endless!
Judy Phillips
Write, write and write some more. Write without the "ghost" of that teacher or friend or acquaintance who may have squelched your creative longings to write with their unwelcomed critique. Do not let the fear of what someone else might think of your writing keep you from writing. (Unless you are working with a publisher, of course, who has every right to question every single word in a manuscript!)
Write for you and your enjoyment. Find an audience: Have grandchildren? Write for them. Have a doting mother or grandparent? Write for them. Teach school? Write for you students.
If you have the desire to write, nothing should stop you!
Write for you and your enjoyment. Find an audience: Have grandchildren? Write for them. Have a doting mother or grandparent? Write for them. Teach school? Write for you students.
If you have the desire to write, nothing should stop you!
Judy Phillips
Final drafts of Miss Priss~ On and Off the Court are in the works. This is the first in a series of chapter books for children to enjoy.
Judy Phillips
I got a typewriter for a Christmas gift when I was nine years old. In those days, teachers didn't allow daily free expression of ideas during school days. We worked on grammar, parts of speech and editing mostly. I'd race home to that typewriter and wrote until the ink ran dry on the ribbon. I've always enjoyed writing since that day, even technical writing and editing. These days, I blog and write fiction for children.
Judy Phillips
An SHSU literacy professor approached my creative literary partner and illustrator, Coach Brenda Nichols with the idea to match her basketball players with girls at the school in which I'm Counselor with a reading project. The girls were to select the same sports-themed books to read and dialogue together about their thoughts of the book. A concern grew about the lack of sports books about females, both fiction and nonfiction offerings. This led to Coach Nichols and me to write our own! Miss Priss chapter book series will introduce young readers to all sorts of sports through the eyes of the main character, Priscilla Penelope Paxton, aka Miss Priss.
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