Tuesday, March 3, 2015

What Do You Write?


As most of my followers know, I write picture books, middle grade books and children's articles.


I also write poems and I write about Appalachia.

Recently, I have tried something new. I have written something I never thought I would write.

I woke up one morning with a song in my mind. It was only a few sentences - a start of a chorus. But, I went to my computer and typed it down before it flew from my mind.

Before the day was over, those few sentences evolved into an entire song! A few days later, after tweaking it a little, I emailed it to my cousin, who sings and plays the piano, to see if she thought it had any merit. She liked it - and we are still working on it.

 
 my little hand made Teddy (made from a family quilt that had seen better days) holding an old song book

And, I am considering giving greeting cards a try.

What do you write?

Have you ever wandered into a different writing territory than you are used to?

If not, maybe you should give it a try.












9 comments:

  1. Good for you! It can be very rejuvenating to try something new!

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    1. Hi Jane! It is and I like trying different things, but sometimes I wonder if I have too many pots on the stove :o)

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  2. I have a daughter who is a songwriter. Like most writing, it just comes to you ... or it doesn't. Congrats on writing a song. It is NOT easy. I write a little of everything for children -- YA, MG, PB, stories, poems. Lately I have been writing a lot of poetry and rhyming picture book manuscripts. Now if I could just find a way to have them published!

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    1. Oh, Rosi, I so agree - if we could just find a way to have them published!

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  3. How exciting that you listened to your voice and put the words for the song on paper. I look forward to reading more about the song that you and your cousin are creating. ~Sue Leopold

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    1. Thanks, Sue. I am looking forward to finishing it.

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  4. Writing is writing. Words are words. I feel when we have a burst of creativity whatever form it takes we just go with it. I can be in the middle of a novel and either an essay or poem will come to me and I go with it. They are not always something I can use but more often than not they have some merit. It's how our minds work. Fascinating. There's a serious song writer in our writing group. This group writes all genres - so interesting.
    Keep at it. Will you go to conference this summer? I hope I can.

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    1. Hi Barbara. Yes, if nothing happens, I plan to be at the conference this summer. Hope to see you there.

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  5. How cool! I think it is wonderful that you woke up with a song in your head. So great that you wrote it down and kept working on it. I think it is awesome that you and your cousin are working on it together now. Best of luck!
    ~Jess

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