Comments on MotherReader: Poetry Friday: Folloween

Hello, I am an intern at Simon & Schuster in the c...

2009-11-03T10:48:22.388-05:00

Hello,
I am an intern at Simon & Schuster in the children’s department, and I was hoping I could get your mailing address. We would love to be able to send books for possible reviews in your blogs and other promotional information. If you would like to specify what kinds of children's books you prefer, I will happily make a note of it for you. My email address is Rainna.Erikson@simonandschuster.com.
Sincerely, Rainna Erikson
Publicity Intern
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-2841

Love this poem! And your story:>) I'm doing nanow...

2009-11-03T07:04:39.691-05:00

Love this poem! And your story:>)

I'm doing nanowrimo this year for the first time. I'm writing several chapter books, though, not one longer novel.

Did you decide to do it? If so, buddy me--I'm salaslp. (Not sure exactly what buddies do, but I know I'll need some to survive the month:>)

Oh! I love Mordecai Gerstein's THe Absolutely Awf...

2009-11-01T21:24:01.199-05:00

Oh! I love Mordecai Gerstein's THe Absolutely Awful ALphabet, Jon Stone's The Monster at the End of this Book and Arrrrggghhhh! Spider! by Lydia Monks as notHalloween, Halloween books.
-r

I think if you have an idea in your head then you ...

2009-11-01T13:44:02.603-05:00

I think if you have an idea in your head then you absolutely have to give it wings. NaNoWriMo seems the perfect opportunity to do so. Plus you have a lovely family who would encourage and support you and a blogging community who will be rooting for you!! Go Dog Go!

Yes, "November first is when the worst/of monsters...

2009-10-31T06:10:38.462-04:00

Yes, "November first is when the worst/of monsters hit the streets" in Ohio, too. (Actually, the election nonsense started way back in the summer, but it's at a frenzy now.) Ohio voters will decide whether or not to amend the state constitution to allow casino gambling in our state. ...Those words shouldn't be allowed to be in the same sentence (amend constitution and casino gambling). REE-DICKALUS!

Your poem Falloween was neat, although I didn't re...

2009-10-30T19:34:36.822-04:00

Your poem Falloween was neat, although I didn't really understand the ending about teens selling magazines.

It's kinda crazy to go from one nutso event to the...

2009-10-30T19:02:46.155-04:00

It's kinda crazy to go from one nutso event to the next, but if you got it, do it!

I love Nanwrimo! I participated for the first time...

2009-10-30T16:02:22.511-04:00

I love Nanwrimo! I participated for the first time last year and had a blast. I'm ready to go for it again. It's fun because writing a novel for a month is such an insane thing to do that the Inner Critic gets completely shut down in the mad rush for words, words, words! I encourage you to sign up and give it a try.

I mean, stop caring whether your writing is good o...

2009-10-30T15:01:34.833-04:00

I mean, stop caring whether your writing is good on the first draft. You can always go back after November and edit. (Like, say, in March for NaNoEdMo...)

Okay, here's the thing about NaNoWriMo. In order t...

2009-10-30T15:00:37.504-04:00

Okay, here's the thing about NaNoWriMo. In order to be successful, you have to stop caring if your writing is good. There is no time to rewrite and there's hardly any time to even stop and think. SO if you can stop caring about whether your writing is good, DO IT. I have had such fun with it and I'm so excited to start my novel this year!

Some years I've found more stressful than others, usually dependent on how much I love my idea. Some years (like when I was in library school), NaNoveling was actually a stress release because unlike writing papers (or, say, blog posts that thousands of people will read), when you write your NaNo novel you can just follow your imagination and write something that helps you escape from your own life for a little bit.

ANYhoo. You should totally do it. The community is awesome, more and more bloggers are taking part, and it's something I look forward to every year!

PLUS, I will be your writing buddy and send you encouraging messages like "You can do it!", etc. ;)

I'm in love with your run-on sentence! I am that ...

2009-10-30T11:59:08.621-04:00

I'm in love with your run-on sentence! I am that last-minute mom/and librarian but I always seem to find the right thing so I guess it works for me! I've never done nano but i'm intrigued!

OH GOD! THE CAMPAIGNERS! Why do they always come t...

2009-10-30T11:43:32.041-04:00

OH GOD! THE CAMPAIGNERS! Why do they always come to my door when I'm still in my jammies at 3pm? I want to sneeze on them and pretend I have H1N1.

And NaNo is TOTALLY worth the insanity. It's just plain fun.