Entries by Bethany

Butcher, Baker, Picture Book Maker

Omigosh, I loved this video so much. I’ll have to share it with my classes, too — all about writer/illustrator Oliver Jeffers and  the creative life. It makes me want to change my life. I have to credit Aerogramme Studio again.

How to Avoid the Passive Voice

I found this on the Aerogramme Studio site. To test a sentence to see whether or not it is cast in passive voice, try adding “by zombies.” If it can be added, then you know it’s passive. The sentence was written on the whiteboard … by zombies. The post was added that evening … by […]

Great First Lines

Last night while being a supportive mom, hanging out at Barnes & Noble with one of my daughters while she did math (I was no actual help, mind you), I decided to read first paragraphs of several novels. This was my favorite: “To take an interest in the affairs of others is entirely natural; so […]

March

Spring is just around the corner, and spring break. The trees are not green yet, but I can see the buds on the trees in my yard and they give me hope. I open my collection of Rumi’s poems, and I find this line: “What you seek is seeking you.”