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While I am well aware the world isn't waiting with bated breath for my done lists, they are very helpful for me. In fact, after around 5...

In Thinking About History  Sara Maza writes that "The skills and temperaments of good research historians are very similar to those of ...

I have been making an effort to reuse blog material in other ways--primarily revising blog posts about books for essays appropriate to submi...

Jess Bailey on Unsplash Recently I noticed that I hadn't seen anything from Jane Yolen on Facebook in quite some time. Long enough to re...

In Writing the Trump Years Into History in The New Yorker (May 12), historian Jill Lepore writes about writing history. After calling upon ...

Timmossholder on Unsplash  "I have a nagging fear that children's literature suffers from a slightly higher crud percentage than li...

I'll be cutting back on blogging for probably the next six weeks while I help out a couple of family members. I have two blog posts in p...

Mother's Day, in my humble opinion, can be fun if you have young children. Otherwise: It's an opportunity for a lot of marketing. It...

Very early in my seeking time journey someone told me about an article in Poets & Writers by author  Ellen Sussman in which she descri...

 A good week. At least, it feels like a good week. Goal 1. Write And Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor  Truly worked on a humor...