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Author Blog Challenge: Day 3 and 4

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Okay since I was ill yesterday and missed writing the challenge, I figured I would attack it today. It kind of works out because the two prompts are somewhat related.

I can’t even begin to list all of the classes I have taken over the years to hone my skills. It seems as if I am always in one class or another. I will mention a few of them here. As previously mentioned I started my writing career by taking two classes at the Institute of Children’s Literature; http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/. I also took one at the sister school Longridge Writer’s Group; http://www.longridgewritersgroup.com/ for writing novels for adults. Writers Village University; https://www.writersvillage.com/is another place that offers great classes. Another place where I have taken a couple of classes is with Beth Jones http://www.bethjones.net/. Beth is a great instructor that has helped to keep me grounded spiritually as well as focused on my writing. In fact she would be classified as one of my mentors and role models.

Just recently I have started a few classes with Karina Fabian at http://karinafabian.com/. I would also consider her one of my writing role models.

Other role models: Darlene Reilley qualifies as a role model, mentor and the other half of my brain. I don’t know where my writing would be without her love and support.

A few friends from my ICL days are Trish Green, Lucie Bouchard Antoniazzi and George Kulz. Even though I have never met these three in person we traveled through our classes at ICL together and have kept in touch and supported each other on our life journeys.

There are so many other people that I could mention and I’m meeting new ones all the time, so I’ll just stop there.

There is one more question I want to answer; Teaching workshops. I have taught a couple. While still living in Washington state in prep for NANO I taught a couple of writing workshops. I have also helped two Girl Scout troops work on writing badges through a series of workshops. I really enjoy working with the teens and would love the opportunity to do it again, when the opportunity presents itself. Someday when my writing load eases up a little I will explore that again.

 

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Author Blog Challenge: Day Two

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I think I’ve probably written since I first learned to put two words together on a piece of paper, so when I was in elementary school. I do recall taking a creative writing class when I was in seventh or eighth grade and entering an essay contest.

I always enjoyed writing in high school and wrote for a local newspaper as well as the school paper. But after high school I put my writing on a back burner to be a wife and mother.

Fast forward twenty five years, three children grown and almost out of the house, a newborn in the crib and a stay-at-home mom that needed a creative outlet. I took a Writing for Children class at the Institute for Children’s Literature. I wrote a short story for that class, that in retrospect lent itself to a YA novel better, although at the time I didn’t realize it.

When I finished the class  I tried writing first for young children and then for adults but neither seemed to fit. Then I went back to that short story and realized two things: First, that short story was a novel. I wanted to know more, there was more story to tell than would fit in a short story and the story was about more than a boy, it was about his family and how he got to the starting point of the short story; in a word the backstory.

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So the short story turned into a YA Christian Fantasy Trilogy and the young man who was the main character is waiting to start a new series, since his parents and uncle took over the story.

 

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