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https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/12/making-plans-for-shiny-new-year.html?showComment=1292588751017 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Making plans for a shiny new year... Yay - had a letter yesterday from Random House NZ to say that the 'Friends' themed anthology of children's short stories including my story ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-divine-ms-m.html?showComment=1343094701975 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The divine Ms M... Margaret Mahy died yesterday, July 23rd. 76 years old, she had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. The world is a poorer place for... the divinemelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-have-set-you-some-homework.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I have set you some homework I am winging my way south by plane tomorrow. Christchurch, I hope you are ready for me and my mint green penguin onesie. I will be visiting ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-picture-book-milestone_17.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A picture book milestone ... I heard back in March that Penguin wanted to publish my picture book story ' My Elephant is Blue '. The paperwork was to be sorted, and then... a picturemelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/11/so-2010-were-you-good-year.html?showComment=1289942255618 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: So 2010, were you a good year? Ha ha - I just love the awkward silence after posting some of my writing up. I confess the piece I posted comes some way through a novel so ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2018/10/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: October 2018 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingoctober https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/06/which-television-series-would-you-like.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Which television series would you like to live in... Remember how grumpy I was several weeks ago cos I hadn't heard back from publishers about my submissions - I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD! Sorry for ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/07/learning-to-swim-in-custard-so-you-can.html?showComment=1342392159429 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Learning to Swim in Custard so you can stay afloat... So the publishing/book world is in a state of uncertainty right now with plenty of theories, doomsayers and zero confidence about how thin... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/pick-this.html?showComment=1288588395629 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Pick this... Note: For those of you who didn't know, growing like Topsy is a reference from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. I got my final un... melindaszymanikwritingpick https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/10/spongebob-breaks-ice.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Spongebob breaks the ice... Lots to talk about today. Just swung across to Janet Reid's blog ( http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/ ) and saw a very smart comment. Sh... melindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/05/kidlit-focus-at-2012-frankfurt-book.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Kidlit Focus at 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair... this year New Zealand is the guest country of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Money has been set aside, promotional material organised, p... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/12/writing-is-one-of-my-happy-places.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Writing is one of my happy places... I have to say this - http://newarrivals.nlb.gov.sg/item_holding.aspx?bid=13226602 put a big smile on my face. If you live in Singapore y... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/enrol-me.html?showComment=1289346701045 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Enrol me? ... Interesting times. I had an exciting phone call last week. There will be further discussions next week. I will fill you in once there is an ... melindaszymanikwritingenrol https://www.strava.com/athletes/23258181 Filip Szymanik | Strava Athlete Profile Filip Szymanik is an athlete using Strava. Join Strava to track your activities, analyze your performance, and follow friends. Strava members can plan routes,... filipszymanikstravaathleteprofile https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2017/08/and-winner.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: And the winner..... We have a winner to last post's competition!!! A copy of Fuzzy Doodle will be going to the first commenter, Girl For All Seasons . Congrat... and themelindaszymanikwritingwinner https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/06/please-talk-quietly-amongst-yourselves.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Please talk quietly amongst yourselves... I am currently distracted with a bunch of stuff which unfortunately does need my attention. So because my mum asked, here are some photos of... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-pox-on-doubt-and-associated-festive.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A pox on doubt and associated festive witterings ... I'm not sure what to write. It's been such an odd year - odd bad and yet also odd good. And I've been feeling odd about it all. I've been ta... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-sorry-madam-that-horse-was-dead-some.html?showComment=1287175185073 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I'm sorry Madam, that horse was dead some time back... Finished my last university assignment and posted it off. I had reached that point where I no longer wanted to look at it. It would have t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2022/07/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: July 2022 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingjuly https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/12/authors-goals-for-2009.html?showComment=1228635120000 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: An author's goals for 2009 So I'm hearing sales of children's books are bouyant but the market is overcrowded. I cling to the hope that people will keep buying books d... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-wasnt-story-that-needed-to-change.html?showComment=1288047405023 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: It wasn't the story that needed to change... Been mightily distracted by the horrible state of affairs regarding the filming of The Hobbit over the last week. I wish I could convey to ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/apparently-i-am-adult-surely-i-can.html?showComment=1280791441883 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Apparently I am an adult - surely i can write a story... Fabo has its first winners and the second chapter is now posted over at http://www.fabostory.blogspot.com/ . One of my favourite things is ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-sorry-madam-that-horse-was-dead-some.html?showComment=1287102262651 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I'm sorry Madam, that horse was dead some time back... Finished my last university assignment and posted it off. I had reached that point where I no longer wanted to look at it. It would have t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/05/positive-light-emanating-from-bad.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: the positive light emanating from bad reviews.... I always believed that being a successful writer was about writing well technically and telling a good story that made sense. I thought if y... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/05/use-spoon.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Use a spoon... I'm sorry folks, but if you are serious about writing, I believe you have to be rather serious about reading too... When I first outed mys... melindaszymanikwritingusespoon https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/12/crushing-grip-of-self-doubt.html?showComment=1293710455744 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The crushing grip of self-doubt So Christmas and birthday are over and I am apparently a year older. I shall be whipping the hair dye and face wrinkle filler out shortly. N... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/11/too-long-to-do-list-to-do.html?showComment=1291153115416 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Too long a to-do list to do It is now December here in the antipodes. It is now no longer possible to avoid Christmas and all its attendant business. I have too long a ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-think-i-can-i-think-i-can-i-think-i.html?showComment=1285799870201 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... I should be writing an essay, and doing the small writing project that is due, like yesterday, and getting stuck in to my novel that I now h... melindaszymanikwritingthink https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-thoughts-on-public-speaking-for.html?showComment=1333954788038 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: My thoughts on public speaking for authors... March, also known as NZ Book Month, was a whirl of events. School visits, speed dates, publisher parties and evening events. I did a lot of ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/07/learning-to-swim-in-custard-so-you-can.html?showComment=1342389766941 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Learning to Swim in Custard so you can stay afloat... So the publishing/book world is in a state of uncertainty right now with plenty of theories, doomsayers and zero confidence about how thin... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/03/kids-are-alright.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The kids are alright... When I read this opinion piece in the New York Times by Joel Stein where he exhorts adults to put aside any literature that doesn't stretch... the kidsmelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/sum-of-its-parts.html?showComment=1286742124133 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The sum of its parts... Second week of the holidays, I'm slowly chipping away at the tasks that need doing, and hanging with my kids. Saw 'The Other Guys' with them... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/09/take-one-with-each-review.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Take one with each review... I got quite grumpy over the whole sock puppetry issue the other day but I found this post by Fiction Bitch a very interesting counter argum... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2018/05/writing-for-children-is-not-poor.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Writing for children is not the poor relation of... I think it's fair to say that children's writing is often seen as inferior to writing for adults. Many children's writers can tell you about... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-much-ego-should-i-wear-today.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: How much ego should I wear today?... This writing, publishing business can do weird-ass things to your ego. Rejections knock you round but you have to toughen up and forge ahead... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/05/finding-time-to-write.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Finding time to write... My grand plan recently has been to stop thinking (and consequently worrying) about what is happening in the publishing world because a) I ca... finding timemelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-favourite-read-for-this-yearwell.html?showComment=1292234662941 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: my favourite read for this year?...well madam it's... My SO and I watched a documentary about The Topp Twins last night. A pair of truly unique, yodelling, lesbian, comedian, policial activist s... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/09/planning-nice-little-staycation-these.html?showComment=1285462295801 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Planning a nice little staycation these holidays... sitting down for 5 minutes ... whew! What a week - Monday I braved the harbour bridge without navigator/wing man/person to squeeze my hand ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-conferences-are-good-for-you.html?showComment=1286935191864 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Why conferences are good for you... We are now at the delicious point of getting all our speakers/presenters on board for Spinning Tales next April in Auckland. If you are unsu... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/12/everything-will-be-better-in-2009.html?showComment=1229377020000 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Everything will be better in 2009... I have been struggling of late with this writing thing. Its hard work, there are other things to do which make more money, what can I do to... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/bazinga-i-learnt-something.html?showComment=1287652458493 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Bazinga! I learnt something... Every time I try and explain the mechanics of writing to someone else I learn something. Yesterday I chatted with the writing group at the l... melindaszymanikwritingbazingasomething https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-frankfurt-book-fair-means-to-me.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Halloween teen... The Frankfurt Book fair is on right now. I was interested to see on Graham Beattie's blog ( http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com/ ) a day or... melindaszymanikwritinghalloweenteen https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/dear-bottle-opener.html?showComment=1281782556224 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Dear Bottle Opener... Thanks to Old Kitty for reminding me of another lovely magical piece of writing. I think A.A.Milne has had a lot of stick over the years for... melindaszymanikwritingdearbottle https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2018/12/its-elve-oclock-have-you-got-your.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: It's Elve o'clock, have you got your tinsel on? ... Somehow the clock is broken and this year ran fast. In a surprise twist that I (and only I) did not see coming it is Christmonth already! Al... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-little-taster.html?showComment=1289387200723 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Just a little taster... Here's some of my writing from a recent project. I hung my school bag off the back of a kitchen chair and helped myself to some biscuits fr... just a littlemelindaszymanik https://jakubszymanik.com/ Jakub Szymanik Meaning and Computation Lab jakubszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/05/and-then-there-was-benedict.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: And then there was Benedict Cumberbatch's voice... I have a big list of things to do - BIG - so I went to the movies and saw Star Trek Into Darkness which I may need to see again for the purp... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/10/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: October 2012 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingoctober https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2014/12/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: December 2014 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingdecember https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/01/tyranny-of-distance.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The tyranny of distance... Living in New Zealand is a wonderful thing but when it comes to being an author is it a disadvantage? Tyranny of distance and all that. My b... melindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/sum-of-its-parts.html?showComment=1286351617288 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The sum of its parts... Second week of the holidays, I'm slowly chipping away at the tasks that need doing, and hanging with my kids. Saw 'The Other Guys' with them... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-book-by-me.html?showComment=1282793888761 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A new book, by me The publisher has said yes to a chapter book I am writing. Publication date (unless the wheels fall off) is March 2012. Although experienc... a new book https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/07/results-are-inconclusive.html?showComment=1280398607165 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: results are inconclusive... So the extra exciting, all-new fantastic Fabo project is up and running and children are sending in their chapters and their guesses about w... melindaszymanikwritingresultsinconclusive https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2015/11/beans-have-been-spilled.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Beans have been spilled... Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I have been sitting on some news and was waiting for my opportunity to spill the beans. As I mentioned l... have beenmelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-sorry-madam-that-horse-was-dead-some.html?showComment=1287175990182 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I'm sorry Madam, that horse was dead some time back... Finished my last university assignment and posted it off. I had reached that point where I no longer wanted to look at it. It would have t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/07/please-dont-be-kind.html?showComment=1280044503927 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Please don't be kind... Its Sunday down here in the Antipodes and of course that means domestic duties and housekeeping. My younger daughter is reading the first dr... don tmelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2018/03/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: March 2018 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingmarch https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2019/02/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: February 2019 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingfebruary https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-need-holiday.html?showComment=1283983046601 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I need a holiday... Feeling a bit stressed at the moment - my men are away on a week long soccer jaunt to the beautiful port city of Tauranga, the SO coaching a... melindaszymanikwritingneedholiday https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-book-by-me.html?showComment=1282771953286 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A new book, by me The publisher has said yes to a chapter book I am writing. Publication date (unless the wheels fall off) is March 2012. Although experienc... a new book https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2019/04/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: April 2019 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingapril https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2014/01/some-info-on-getting-published-in.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Some info on getting published in NZ...UPDATED (2014) UPDATE - You can find a 2016 update on 'Getting Published In New Zealand' here I posted some general information on getting publis... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/04/branding-at-bar-m-corrall.html?showComment=1334635845543 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Branding at the 'Bar M' Corral... We were discussing authors as brands today. A recent commentator in the Guardian sniffily dismissed JK Rowling as just a brand having denoun... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-sorry-madam-that-horse-was-dead-some.html?showComment=1287142824968 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I'm sorry Madam, that horse was dead some time back... Finished my last university assignment and posted it off. I had reached that point where I no longer wanted to look at it. It would have t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2021/05/writers-dont-weekend-like-other-people.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Writers don't 'weekend' like other people do I've just come off a week of teaching creative writing to young people. It makes for a busy time and I usually feel pretty shattered by the ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/sap-is-rising.html?showComment=1283308493391 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The sap is rising... Must be Spring. How can I tell? I posted off my funding application on friday, I sent off a flurry of submissions (12 in total out at the mo... melindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/proof-of-existence-of-magic.html?showComment=1281614348962 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Proof of the existence of magic... Sometimes when I am reading I come across a line in a book that is so cunning, and so lyrical it really does prove the existence of magic. ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/12/crushing-grip-of-self-doubt.html?showComment=1293674190444 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The crushing grip of self-doubt So Christmas and birthday are over and I am apparently a year older. I shall be whipping the hair dye and face wrinkle filler out shortly. N... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/11/brand-melinda-szymanik.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Brand Melinda Szymanik Yesterday I read yet another interesting post on Maureen Crisp's blog. The topic was branding. And I'm not talking the permanent mark on t... melindaszymanikwritingbrand https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/06/mental-garage-sale.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Mental garage sale... From time to time we clear out old and unused things from our cupboards, wardrobes and drawers, have a bit of a de-clutter and make some spa... melindaszymanikwritingmentalgarage https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-picture-book-is-like-complicated.html?showComment=1553994420477 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A picture book is like complicated origami ... Things are heating up. I recently revisited some picture book manuscripts I've been working on, on and off, some for a few years, some six m... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2008/12/chocolate-my-hero.html?showComment=1229041080000 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Chocolate, my hero... Sometimes chocolate is the only thing standing between me and a straitjacket. Good old chocolate. It has saved my life many times. It is ... melindaszymanikwritingchocolatehero https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2022/05/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: May 2022 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingmay https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/06/linkity-link.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Linkity-link I am swamped with writery tasks so today's post is some juicy links to keep you up-to-date and well informed and more.... Check out this pos... melindaszymanikwritinglinkity https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2024/07/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: July 2024 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingjuly https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/11/so-2010-were-you-good-year.html?showComment=1289869137695 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: So 2010, were you a good year? Ha ha - I just love the awkward silence after posting some of my writing up. I confess the piece I posted comes some way through a novel so ... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/09/wearing-my-cranky-pants-today.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Wearing my cranky pants today... I was a bit bummed to see articles in recent weekend papers commenting on the (gasp, shock, horror probe) six million dollar price tag for s... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/08/because-folks-what-doesnt-kill-me-makes.html?showComment=1282385256044 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Because folks, what doesn't kill me makes me... I am trying to wrangle a Creative New Zealand funding application into submission. I swear when I look at the guidelines the words magicall... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-coincidence.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: what a coincidence... Hello to new blog followers - I feel very honoured that you've signed up. I shall do my best to keep it interesting. As its holiday time we... melindaszymanikwritingcoincidence https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-need-holiday.html?showComment=1283901524283 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I need a holiday... Feeling a bit stressed at the moment - my men are away on a week long soccer jaunt to the beautiful port city of Tauranga, the SO coaching a... melindaszymanikwritingneedholiday https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/06/sending-our-babies-out-in-to-world.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Sending our babies out in to the world... How do you know you're a writer? In my previous life in the normal/real world I had a regular paying job in an office, working (mostly) on t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-sorry-madam-that-horse-was-dead-some.html?showComment=1287102289009 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I'm sorry Madam, that horse was dead some time back... Finished my last university assignment and posted it off. I had reached that point where I no longer wanted to look at it. It would have t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/sum-of-its-parts.html?showComment=1287003249138 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The sum of its parts... Second week of the holidays, I'm slowly chipping away at the tasks that need doing, and hanging with my kids. Saw 'The Other Guys' with them... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2016/06/keepin-busy.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Fuzzy Doodle is HERE!!... I have been in the thrilling eye of a school visiting/author event whirlwind for a wee while but this is now quietening down and I seem to h... melindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2024/02/ Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: February 2024 The regular musings of a published children's writer on writing, publishing, family, world events, and anything else that seems relevant, topical or... melindaszymanikwritingfebruary https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2022/06/writing-dreaded-synopsis.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Writing the dreaded synopsis ... I thought it might be useful to talk about how to write a synopsis. Or how I think they should be written anyway. I've read quite a few in m... melindaszymanikwritingsynopsis https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2010/10/pick-this.html?showComment=1288435348001 Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Pick this... Note: For those of you who didn't know, growing like Topsy is a reference from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. I got my final un... melindaszymanikwritingpick https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2012/05/little-respect-for-writing-for-children.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: A little respect for writing for children... My research topic for my university paper this year involves a discussion about how the literary community sees fiction for young adults and... a little respect https://tunein.com/radio/Stream-Adam-Szymanik-a164641/ Stream Adam Szymanik | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn Listen to Stream Adam Szymanik here on TuneIn! Listen anytime, anywhere! free internetstreamadamszymanikradio https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-meantime-read-this.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: In the meantime, read this... I'm very proud of myself that I can keep a secret (or two or three...). I totally admit that I have the worst patience in the world but secr... in the meantime https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-distractions.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: More distractions... Totally love this post by Katy Jackson over at her blog Moving back, Moving On. Go and read it. It stirred all sorts of memories of my own,... melindaszymanikwritingdistractions https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-2017-storylines-hui-and-what-i.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: The 2017 Storylines Hui and what I learnt there ... Weekend before last I attended the 2017 Storylines National Hui for Children's Writers and Illustrators with other delegates from all over N... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-cant-tell-you-what-i-want-ill-know-it.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I can't tell you what I want, I'll know it when I see... I have another picture book in the works which is planned to come out middle of next year. On Monday I went to the publishers to check out t... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-heard-news-today-oh-boy.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I heard the news today, oh boy... I suspect I do not perceive the news like other people do. For example Michael Jackson's untimely and tragic death at the young age of fifty... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/07/there-is-no-recipe-for-that-hum-of.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: There is no recipe for that hum of excitement Sorry in advance folks about my broken linkity-link button. It is pouting over in the corner and refusing to acknowledge my repeated request... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2014/07/jumping-at-our-own-shadows.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Jumping at our own shadows... Sorry I have been a bit absentee. Things have been busy and I find I am unable to post on my blog during the day. And, well, I have been hav... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-just-want-to-write-good-books-that.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: I just want to write good books that children will... This article http://www.thebookseller.com/news/childrens-publishing-haemorrhaging-talent.html (thank you to Tracy Ann Baines for the link vi... https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-two-golden-yarns.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Day Two, Golden Yarns... I have not posted a picture for a wee while. Here is a taste of the artwork for my picture book due out in the middle of next year. It is... day twomelindaszymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2013/05/chchchchanges.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: Ch..ch..ch..changes.... Using a clay bowl, s S he scooped some water out of a large pottery jar into a clay bowl and gave it (the bowl) to me. It The Water tast... melindaszymanikwritingch https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/2009/06/so-thats-how-illustrating-is-done.html Melinda Szymanik: I should be writing but...: So thats how illustrating is done... Another school visit today. Remuera Primary in the midst of their bookweek. I like bookweeks. I was impressed by the trouble the school a...