“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx When people ask us how we all came to be authors, we point to the fact that we don’t have television at our house. So we don’t even have to wait for someone to turn on the set! Continue reading Quote of the Week–November 11th
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” – C. S. Lewis The compartmentalizing of literature into separate categories for children and adults is quite a silly idea. A good writer should be able to write a story in a way that a child can understand, without having to sacrifice the higher qualities that … Continue reading Quote of the Week–November 4th
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” – Robert Louis Stevenson A book to read is always nice to have on hand, but the one to write in is imperative! Continue reading Quote of the Week–October 28th
“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” – Beatrix Potter We are all convinced that being homeschooled was very important in developing our own writing styles and voices. We never had English teachers to tell us how we ought to think about books, or peers to tell us which ones we should like. We read and write purely the kind … Continue reading Quote of the Week–October 21st
“It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.” – William Faulkner Crafting a plot line is important. But no matter how clever you are at stringing together events, … Continue reading Quote of the Week–October 14th
The Sibling Writery 