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what my characters are trying to tell me (and will i listen?) | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Laquo; when should you give up when you’re waiting for a sign? Library for a desert island, part one. What my characters are trying to tell me (and will i listen? April 6, 2014 by delzey. But then, what of these stories? Do their themes not change with the desires of the characters? Aren’t those old plots with current characters like an old man trying to put on the clothes of his youth? Notify me of new comm...
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rejection is hard. deal with it. | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Laquo; to show is to tell, to tell is to lie. Rejection is hard. deal with it. August 1, 2013 by delzey. Okay, this isn’t me lecturing you, it’s me convincing myself. Because rejection is hard, and I need to suck it up if I’m going to keep doing this writer thing for real. That sensitivity is the font of all that creative joy after all. It’s not about you, it’s about the work. I’ve been told. Rejection is pe...
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glossary | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. The following are words I have either invented, borrowed, or adopted to suit my needs. They may be common in my usage or one-offs, but they are mine and I love them all equally. Updated 18 March 2011. I can’t believe those bastages! Are trying to schedule our lunch breaks an hour into our shifts! Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech. Incessant or compulsive talkativeness. Did you hear how Jeremy wen...
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mfa book log | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. This is the complete bibliography for the two year period I was working on my MFA. In Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts (that’s a mouthful! Abel, Jessica, and Gabriel Soria. Life Sucks. New York: First Second, 2008. Print. Agee, Jon. Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog! And Other Palindromes. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. Print. Aronson, Marc. ...
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library for a desert island, part one | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Laquo; what my characters are trying to tell me (and will i listen? Library for a desert isle, part two: the archipelago. Library for a desert island, part one. May 14, 2014 by delzey. Last night’s #kidlitchat on twitter was based on a suggestion I made a few weeks back during an open call for topics:. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Another comfort book, an...
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library for a desert island: omissions, glaring and otherwise | fomagrams
https://fomagrams.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/library-for-a-desert-island-omissions-glaring-and-otherwise
Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Laquo; library for a desert isle, part two: the archipelago. Library for a desert island: omissions, glaring and otherwise. May 19, 2014 by delzey. So I’m still thinking about last week’s #kidlitchat. Because it’s an interesting exercise, an alternate version of the question “your house is on fire and you have to evacuate — what would you grab in five minutes? Favorites that would help pass the time? When I ...
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delzey | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Posts by david elzey:. May 19, 2014. Library for a desert island: omissions, glaring and otherwise. May 16, 2014. Library for a desert isle, part two: the archipelago. May 14, 2014. Library for a desert island, part one. April 6, 2014. What my characters are trying to tell me (and will i listen? January 21, 2014. When should you give up when you’re waiting for a sign? November 1, 2013. August 1, 2013. Dave o...
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@ boy books | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. As part of my graduate residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts I gave a lecture entitled. This is the entire series complied as a single post. BUILDING BETTER BOY BOOKS. But they need us, desperately. They need our help in understanding that reading can and should be a vital and important part of their lives. There is currently a wave of boyhood studies that attempt to correct the seeming imbalances betwee...
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library for a desert isle, part two: the archipelago | fomagrams
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Dispatches from the outpost, poetry, children's literature, and beyond, witnessed by david elzey. Laquo; library for a desert island, part one. Library for a desert island: omissions, glaring and otherwise. Library for a desert isle, part two: the archipelago. May 16, 2014 by delzey. I went with graphic novels. And if I had to pick five of those for another, different desert island…. The comic book that blew my mind and helped me get away from superheroes. By Moebius. Or. Seeing a lot of the same shared ...
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