Thanks for the recommendation! Just placed a hold for it at my library.

The publicity scams authors receive are sometimes entertaining!
The most recent suggested I 'improve my algorithm' by adding key words like 'Psychological Fiction' and 'Gothic Family Saga.'
😂🤣
Reader, my book is middle-grade historical fiction.
#amwriting #historicalfiction #kidlit

Flyer for bookstore

Flyer for novel

Today and tomorrow!! A pop-up bookstore brought to you by CT Book Festivals. Over 50 local authors across all genres. Westbrook Outlets, Westbrook, CT
#ctauthors

Got my beta readers lined up and ready to go!

Thank you! Now I have a bunch to cut-trim out the scenes that no longer fit! It’s a middle-grade novel so it will probably land around 60,000.

5 more scenes and this draft is DONE!
Woohoo!
Started drafting scenes, researching, and percolating six years ago. This story has grown and changed form into something truly extraordinary. I cannot wait to share it with beta readers!
#amwriting #historicalfiction

a man in a suit walks through a parking lot Alt: a man in a suit walks through a parking lot looking for his car

While it's great to have a 'parking lot' folder of deleted scenes, I now stand like a lost shopper, keys in hand, looking for said deleted scene.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

I planned. I have a sticky note timeline on my wall.
But now? Near the end of the manuscript?
The story leads.
Not plotting, not pansting.
Because the story lives in the in-between.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

Tapestry Fabric, repeated design of brook, deer, blue, green and fruiting trees.

The Brook with Trees and Deer, William Morris.

A young girl in a dress in diagonally-checked pattern. She has hair covering part of her forehead and reaching her ears.

A family photograph of nine people - nicely dressed. On their clothes you can see jewish stars. A woman and a man are sitting on both sides. Between them you can see seven standing poeple three girls and four boys.

13 April 1936 | Dutch Jewish girl Saartje Schnitzler was born in #Rotterdam.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 August 1942 deported from #Westerbork with her mother Betje & siblings: Alida, Isidor, Joseph, Leonardus, Louis.
After the selection they were murdered in a gas chamber.

a person riding a motorcycle down a dirt road with trees in the background Alt: a person riding a motorcycle down a dirt road with trees in the background

Only a few more chapters to go on this draft!
Definitely veered away from the outline and took the scenic backroads, but it makes for a better story.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

Reminder: a plan is good,
but
Revision is where the magic lies.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed . Alt: a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed, smiling .

Spring break!
First day? A run, coffee in the morning sun with the dog, fresh banana bread and two hours of writing!
Life is good😊.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

One of my favorites!

What a beautiful cover!

Flyer for a pop-up bookstore includes author photo and book cover.

A Pop-up Bookstore? Yes, please!
CT Book Festivals is hosting a 2-day Pop-Up Bookstore featuring local Connecticut authors. April 18&19, 11-4pm, Westbrook Outlets, Westbrook, CT.
#localauthors #newenglandauthors #authorevents #scbwi #historicalfiction

Thanks to coffee, a dog, and the ability to walk in fresh air, I have now become 'unstuck.'
#amwriting #historicalfiction

Got a writer on each shoulder.
One is eyeing the detailed outline.
The other is jumping up and down, pointing at the creative muse: Over there! Over there! Go that way!
#amwriting #historicalfiction

I've written 75,000 words about this story. (A lot of that is exploratory.)
On the tougher days it helps to look back and see how far I've come.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

Yesterday, a writing 'flow.'
Today, a writing 'ruh-hoh.'
And so it goes.
#amwriting #historicalfiction

Woohoo! Major breakthrough on this draft.
Consistency is key.
It keeps the door open for the muse.
I LOVE creating!
#amwriting #historicalfiction

#amwriting and having a moment of absolute brilliance or a bird walk I'll be deleting later😂.
The joys of drafting.
#historicalfiction

Badger family in Spring forest amongst snowdrops, painting.

🖼️ Neil Fox

Woohoo! Just registered for NESCBWI26!
Looking forward to seeing writing friends I've been missing🤗
#NESCBWI26 #SCBWI #kidlit

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

Woohoo! Got 3 hours writing time in today!
#amwriting #historicalfiction #writingcommunity

Agree!

a lego model of an airport with planes and train tracks Alt: a toy train skidding off track and then finding its way back

I may have just jumped the track with this story, but words are words!
I can always revise later.

#amwriting #historicalfiction #writingcommunity

Amen.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

12 March 1903 | A Slovenian, Josef Sitter, was born in Šentjakob. A car mechanic.

In #Auschwitz from 28 September 1941.
No. 21141
He perished in the camp on 24 February 1942.