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The year is melting away. There will be a new picture book: "Ducks Love Hats" from a Creating Picture Books class I held over the summer.
For my own writing, I have started the first of the Opal and Agate series of picture books. The Carduan Chronicles will end up a series of four books. The draft for Ship Eighteen is almost done, although there are a couple of things to check on still.
Life's Rules is getting close to done. However, this book will need input from at least three people before the draft is done. Other people are not always reliable in a timely manner.
Weather has brought many problems this year including floods and drought. The goats and garden have had problems from this.
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Karen GoatKeeper There are different kinds of writer's block. The simplest is just not feeling like writing. I generally make myself do some writing anyway. Time away …moreThere are different kinds of writer's block. The simplest is just not feeling like writing. I generally make myself do some writing anyway. Time away doing some chore or going for a walk can help if I think about what I am trying to do. This lets me get back into the writing project so I can sit down and write.
Another kind of writer's block is more serious. This one arrives when a book seems to fall apart. The story becomes unworkable. The plot blows up.
This is the hardest one to deal with. Each writing project has emotional ties. Some of the writing even in a disaster has appeal. It is hard to walk away admitting the project is done even if unfinished.
When this happens, I fight for a time but find it gets more frustrating each time I try to write on the project. The best cure is to go on to a different project. If the original idea has merit, the difficulties will start straightening out, the disastrous parts will drop away, the project will start to gel in a new form as the idea plays around in the mind at odd moments. Then it is time to tackle the project again.(less)
Karen GoatKeeper For me the best thing about being a writer is being able to escape into another world. It is like having a short vacation. The visit can be serious as…moreFor me the best thing about being a writer is being able to escape into another world. It is like having a short vacation. The visit can be serious as for nonfiction or exciting with thrills or fun with humorous things happening.(less)
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Dora's Story

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This is a book of short stories. As in most of these collections, some are great and others are not. All of these are based on the author's other books and give an introduction to them.
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Written in the 1930s, this is a story of a gray fox from birth to adulthood. It has the underpinnings of a great nature study. This is also a creative nonfiction narrative.
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This is definitely a juvenile book, but fun to read. I came across it by happy accident.
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