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Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:06:56 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled And .... GO! Time to apply for the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program:
Michelle said, "If you have talked to me about writing for more than a few minutes, you would have heard me go on ...and on ....and on about how wonderful it was to be part of the: Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program(There should be Star Wars style music right now.) The..." more
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:11:51 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Odds and ends- and two sites you should visit:
Michelle said, "This is my first blog post in ... I don't even know how long. Not surprisingly, it is the first day of summer break for this teacher. Even less surprising, it is rather late in the day. (Hooray for sleeping in!)This past week, I finished a revision..." more
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 8:25:02 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled We're here, and we're reading.:
Michelle said, "We've all been pretty quiet on the blog lately, and unless something changes, I expect that to continue. We'll still post from time to time as we have something to share.Our SCBWI friend Kathy Erskine has a new book coming out this week. You may..." more
Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:23:21 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled One for the archives:
Michelle said, "Back in 2008, when the Slushbusters blog was still new, Steph shared a post about how she started a critique group. If you read the whole thing, you can see that she mentioned posting fliers in the local libraries. That's how I found the group. I..." more
Monday, March 21, 2011 8:59:39 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Monday morning review:
Michelle said, "Since I posted about the Virginia Festival of the Book last week, I felt I should tell you all about it. I forgot to bring the camera, and I still haven't figured out how to get pictures off my phone, so if you need pictures, you'll have to visit..." more
Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:58:05 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled It's that time of year again:
Michelle said, "Around here, a sure sign of spring is the Virginia Festival of the Book. If you've been following us for a while, you'll remember that the Slushbusters usually try to meet up and go to some of the events as a group. While the festival lasts five..." more
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 11:02:26 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Clearing, freshening, changing:
Michelle said, "This morning I've been working on critiques to the sound of men talking about everything from where to get a good sandwich to the Charlie Sheen interview on TV. Punctuate that with a very squeeeaaky paint roller, the metallic creaks and clacks of..." more
Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:15:01 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Advice forgotten, advice remembered:
Michelle said, "As writers, we get a lot of advice. We get it from the classes we take, from the blogs we read, from the authors who have gone before us, from editors, and from our peers. In that great sea of advice, we choose the bits that stand out to us, that..." more
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:32:47 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Reading to Kids:
Michelle said, "Is there anything better than reading to kids? Walking behind waterfalls ispretty cool, and I do love chocolate. But really, reading to kids is right up there in my favorite things to do. Kids are so responsive, so eager, and so easy to please. And..." more
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:26:50 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Dated Language:
Michelle said, "I've been reading The Maltese Falcon, and I've come across a couple of words I had to look up. I like it when this happens. It often means one of two things. Sometimes it means the writer is stretching the language, using a more obscure word, which..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 1:37:01 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Our characters:
Michelle said, "This is terrific advice."
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 12:05:00 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Clearing out in the new year, or why what you read really does make a difference.:
Michelle said, "Happy new year, everyone! We've been a bit quiet over the holidays. I can't believe how many of the other bloggers have been writing every day through the madness. Good for you!I've just finished a round of critiques for this evening's meeting...." more
Saturday, December 4, 2010 10:21:45 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Surprise me:
Michelle said, "I never thought I'd mention Harry Potter and The Karate Kid in the same post.Of all the talk within the children's writing community about Harry Potter, there is one I remember the most. A speaker at the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI conference (I think it was..." more
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:59:18 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Turning off the editor:
Michelle said, "One of the things that has changed as a result of my taking my writing more seriously is that I pay so much more attention to everything I read. The editor in my brain is always working. If a book I'm reading is particularly gripping, I'm able to..." more
Friday, November 19, 2010 8:11:17 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Lurking:
Michelle said, "You may have noticed I've been a bit quiet lately. I've had some family stuff going on the past few weeks, so I haven't been blogging. But I've been lurking on your blogs (that sounds so evil, doesn't it?), and keeping up with what's going on in..." more
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:52:54 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Last Lines in Kid Lit:
Michelle said, "I love Sporcle. Today they posted a quiz about last lines in children's books. I scored 11 out of 20, which was still in the 90th percentile. Please, please, someone do better than I did!"
Saturday, November 6, 2010 9:05:11 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Getting in and then getting out:
Michelle said, "Just for the record, I'm going to see "The King's Speech". I was captivated by the trailer. I think many of us write because we can't get the words to come out right the first time. Or the second.Or the third.The movie set in the late '30's and..." more
Monday, November 1, 2010 9:54:18 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Fall Conference:
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:51:59 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Dropbox Anyone?:
Michelle said, "I'll confess right up front that I'm terrible about backing up my documents. I was using a memory stick for a while but only remembered to do it once a month or so. Then there was the emailing-novel-to-myself phase. I remembered to do that about..." more
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1:27:37 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled In the middle of the night:
Michelle said, "You know how sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night with what you think is a brilliant idea for your story? I did that last night. I thought about it for a while, after having trouble falling back to sleep. I thought about it long enough..." more
Thursday, October 7, 2010 3:40:05 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Obstacles:
Michelle said, "You know how we're supposed to write obstacles that get in the way of what our main character wants? I'm having a lot of those lately. Right now, for instance, I want to go to the James River Writers Conference tomorrow. But the obstacle is that I..." more
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:15:39 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Short and Sweet:
Michelle said, "We've all got a lot going on this week. Sarah is preparing for her trip to the Nevada SCBWI, where she is going to participate in their mentor program. Alison and I are going to Richmond for the James River Writers Conference. I've looked at the..." more
Monday, September 27, 2010 11:18:04 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled People really do love books.:
Michelle said, "I went to the National Book Festival on Saturday. I was impressed. I knew it would be big, but I didn't know it would be this big.Due to delays in the Metro system, we got there later than I had planned. I missed the first panel of authors I wanted..." more
Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:36:21 PM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled Repeating relationship:
Michelle said, "I just finished reading an interview with Dan Harmon, the creator of the show Community. Both the interviewer and Dan talked about having "every relationship between every character different".Now that's interesting.For those of you who don't watch..." more
Friday, August 12, 2011 4:11:17 AM
Michelle Ehrich wrote a blog post titled A coward no more! (I hope.):
Michelle said, " I had a marvelous time at the SCBWI conference in Los Angeles last week. I was able to hang out with friends from Chautauqua, the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program, and my too-cool-for-school mentor Harold Underdown. I had no trouble repeatedly walking..." more