Today is Beatrix Potter's birthday. Miss Potter would be 149 years young if . . . .
My second print publication, "All Gone," is in the August issue of HIGHLIGHTS HELLO!
Picking up on thoughts from the last blog post, I've completely rewritten a picture book manuscript. To find a way out of the muddled drafts, I went on a writing retreat last month. A retreat does refocus a writer's energy. Later that day, I re-read through a few poetry reference books and came across a word which unlocked the story's word choices and direction. It worked! Finding one key word turned the whole manuscript around. Within a couple of weeks, the new manuscript was sent out for critique and submitted for a competition. A long shot to be sure, but I'm excited about the story ultimately being published. Enjambment was the found word that's not in the manuscript, but clearly informs many choices. Now, the long wait to hear the rest of the story.
