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What Kind of Accent Is That? | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. What Kind of Accent Is That? April 9, 2015. My daughter and I speak our own language. Not all the time, mind you, but third graders like nonsense as much as silly grownups. Sometimes I’ll just say “Da bee domp, dima shima la,” and she’ll reply “Da bee doopa, dima! 8221; The kid replied “Alaska.”) Tonight I just I said, “I can’t understand his accent.” The kid replied “Dooma deema ladida. I do love my family. Day of the Dead. April 9, 2015 at 7:58 pm.
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Day of the Dead | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. Day of the Dead. November 1, 2014. Day of the Dead. Postcards from the beyond. My daughter and I went to Cleveland’s Day of the Dead celebration. This place was so small that you couldn’t really call it a bookstore. Just a few bookshelves in a space smaller than a motel room, but we were there and I saw books, so I browsed. It didn’t take me more than a few seconds to see three back copies of Glimmer Train Stories. What Kind of Accent Is That? How I ...
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Events | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. Thursday, June 16, 2016, 7:30 pm. Mac’s Book Club discussion. Mac’s Backs Bookstore. Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 7:00 pm. Bucket List Book Club discussion. Thursday, April 14, 2016. Read Local, book discussion and Q&A. Winter FictionFest: A Mini Conference. Held at Loganberry Books. Sponsored by Literary Cleveland. Saturday, December 12, 2015. A Celebration of Baseball Stories and Storytellers. Saturday, October 24, 2015. Sunday, September 13, 2015.
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How to Become a Parent in 37 Easy Steps | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. How to Become a Parent in 37 Easy Steps. October 5, 2014. This is something I originally wrote over at The SockKids.com. Blog, but people seemed to like it, so I wanted to share it over here. How to Become a Parent in 37 Easy Steps. The process by which I became a parent was designed Rube Goldberg. Or maybe M.C. Escher. It went kind of like this. Step 1: Yay, we want to have a family! Attempt traditional step 1. Step 8: Cry a lot. Step 21: Wait 12...
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Blog | Susan Petrone | The website for writer Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. Good-bye, Big Baby. March 13, 2016. Which brings us to this morning. We’re getting together old clothes, etc. for donation. You know where this is going, don’t you? Godspeed, Big Baby. One comment so far. Why Writing Letters Should Not Fall by the Wayside. September 28, 2015. 8221; With a slight sense of wonder, she replied, “Yeah.”. View all 2 comments. How You Can Help New Writers (Even If You Don’t Have Any Money). July 21, 2015. Support your loca...
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How You Can Help New Writers (Even If You Don’t Have Any Money) | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. How You Can Help New Writers (Even If You Don’t Have Any Money). July 21, 2015. The more I look at the publishing world, the more I realize what a closed world it is. The mid-list hardly exists anymore, and unless you’re one of the handful of huge names, you don’t have a publishing contract and have to hope and pray each time you write a book that your agent can sell it (if you even have an agent). Bring a friend to a reading. Surround the children i...
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My Spring Ensemble OR I Don’t Know How to Dress | Susan Petrone
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The website for writer Susan Petrone. Clips & Credits. My Spring Ensemble OR I Don’t Know How to Dress. April 20, 2013. On my left foot, I had the brown loafers I wore all winter, and on my right foot I had the brown docksiders I generally wear all summer. Mix them together, and I guess you have a spring ensemble. This is what you get when you dress like you don’t care. Proof that I don’t know how to dress. What My Dogs Talk About in the Mud Room. Start Them Young →. April 20, 2013 at 9:36 pm. Your email...
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Fair Garden: August 2015
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Friday, August 07, 2015. Always opens new experiences. Going anywhere with two boys involves negotiations since Mom’s plans and Grandma’s wishes (those anticipated adult-driven activities) are not always amenable to the intense plans and mindsets, the tight razor-sharp focus and tenacious schemes, the dreams of the day’s arrangement and the emotional tenor of what would make the 7-year-old and his brother happy. Of course, the older brother. One of the roses spangled with. Roses and the first Fairy House.
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Fair Garden: September 2014
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Friday, September 26, 2014. I have the pitcher. Stuff and nonsense. Someone used to use this ejaculation when cleaning or packing or moving things in and out of boxes. Who was it? Grandma or Aunt Lola? Mom or Aunt Noreen? Not that the source matters much, it is a phrase in the back of my mind every time I try to organize the contents of my house. The hardest items to place and organize are those with memories. Can you relate to this problem? The American Fostoria pitcher is in front of a watercolor.