Blog Hopping Day

some famous pants

Do you write off the cuff or do you plot and plan every twist in the story? Writers who shrug off outlines and fly by the seat of their pants are called pantsers; the others, plotters. I jogged on over to one of my favorite online spaces, The Lucky 13s, to talk about my own pantser vs. plotting method. Go take a look. Yeah, now.

One More for Sendak Lovers

I know, I already extolled the virtues of Maurice Sendak and my sorrow at his passing. But here's just one more wonderful clip. This is an interview from 2004 that Sendak did with Bill Moyers. As usual, Moyers gets to the heart of the matter. This isn't short (42 minutes), but so worth the watch:

For Maurice

Maurice Sendak died yesterday at age 83 and I feel his loss keenly. He burst on the children's lit scene with Where the Wild Things Are (1963), and thanks to that book and that glorious time that led kids away from the syrupy-sweet kidlit of days past, I saw that it was okay for kids to misbehave and be their fantastic, creative, mud-spattered selves. Maurice Sendak paved the way for many of us as writers. God bless him, and may he be enjoying his own wild rumpus somewhere right now. Two selections below to honor him.

If only Christopher Walken had been around to read me my bedtime stories.


Stephen Colbert gets a personal blurb from the man himself.

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Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 1
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The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 2
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