Been so long...la la la la

I have not been posting here because I have been writing twitter pitches, submitting to a contest and working on a big project plus all the other stuff I do as a mom and in my admissions work. Zowie ka-zam! Thankfully, I had time to see The Avengers. All is right with the world...well, at least in the theater. I am about to start Camp Nanowrimo. Super happy about this! I am working on my first first person YA novel (I love it when words repeat in English, so weird!). So, not a lot of blogging going on but the writing flame is burning bright. Wishing you all words, words, words!

Yippeee...writing to do good ..check this out.

Write Campaign Donation to Harry :)

One of my flash fiction pieces went into this..makes my day :)

My Mother Tongues

Writing about class and grammar lately. Entering some poetry contests with the poem that came today. It made me cry and smile all at the same time. Writing is so powerful. May you be held in your writing today...whether the words hit the page or just move in your heart.

happy finalist!

500 entries and I am so happy to be one of the 15 finalists..read, vote and love your library! At Your Library

Cover Art

Working on possible covers....

First Sentences and Research

I spent a lot of today at a bookstore in the Young Adult section and then went to Fiction and Literature. I looked at covers and observed what caught my eye, tried to pay attention to why and then I read the first lines of over 100 novels in both sections. I noticed whether a book was written in 1st person or not. I overheard teens selecting books and then putting them back down. I took myself out for a salad and wrote notes about my experience. While I was at lunch I looked over twitter, most of which was about writing and books. I came home and wrote first sentences for my WIPs. I had a delightful day! What is your first sentence and why?

Happy Arts Advocacy Day!

Art Saves Lives!
Do some art today or support some art or imagine some art...let art spill all over you. Write, dance, do a jig, make a pile of rocks into a found sculpture. Art is everywhere. Find art. Make art. Be art!

Love,
Jodi Su