Q: Today’s Question comes from a reader/writer: I’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between editing poems and editing stories recently: How do you know when a poem is done? Do you run it past a group of peers for feedback first, or is it just something you feel in your heart? When are you satisfied? J: If possible, …
Q: Last Q & J of the year. What is your New Year’s writing resolution? J: New Years Resolutions Resolution 1: Keep writing, stop complaining. Resolution 2: Write more short stories. Resolution 3. Help kill off AI (go lookup that battle yourself). Resolution 4: Do more teaching of writing. Resolution 5: Finish (or at least get …
Q: Your first picture book published was SEE THIS LITTLE LINE. You have a book called SEE THIS LITTLE DOT coming out in 2024. Are they related? Tell us about the connection. J: Absolutely related. But the many years between means the illustrations are not by the same person (I do not even know if that …
Q: People talk about work/life balance a lot these days. You don’t really do that. You work when you want… What do you consider your work/life balance? J: First I am lucky because I LOVE my work. I rarely call it “work.” It’s storytelling, or writing a poem or poems. But of course it is work. I …
Q: What are some books you are reading right now? What is in your TBR list that you are looking forward to reading? J: I am reading a Ruth Rendell mystery for fun. I am reading the biography of children’s book author Arthur Ransome both because I love his books as a child and …
Q: Today’s Question comes from a reader/writer: I’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between editing poems and editing stories recently: How do you know when a poem is done? Do you run it past a group of peers for feedback first, or is it just something you feel in your heart? When are you satisfied? J: If possible, …