Monday, September 7, 2020
Piboidmo Day 27 Fuel Before The Finish Line With Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Blog & website of children's book author Tara Lazar PiBoIdMo Day 27: Fuel Before the Finish Line with Tiffany Strelitz Haber By Tiffany Strelitz Haber Hi Everyone! So, in trying to figure out what to write for this post, I was forced to take a cold hard look at what really keeps me going. And the truth isâ¦.I have no freaking idea! Itâs certainly not nothing. Is it everything?? Little things? Enormous things. Totally random, oddball things? I guess itâs a combination of things that make me want to start writing, and others that make me want to keep writing. And one thing that works wonders like a triple shot of red bull (which I actually find vile and disgusting, soâ"bad example)â"is when I read an interview with an incredibly talented author that I admire and respect, and they say something that makes me thinkâ" âYes! ME TOO!!!â Iâm instantly overcome with a case of the warm and fuzzies, coupled with a heart pounding adrenaline surge. It must be something about feeling like maybe, you really do belong? Soâ¦.to honor the people whose words have been the fuel in my own personal tank, I am going to shush now, and attempt to pay it forward with an assortment of statements that have calmed, excited, tickled, confused, comforted and without questionâ"inspired me. I hope they work for you! âThe scariest moment is always just before you start.â â" Stephen King âYou can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.â â" Christopher Columbus âI make up a lot of s***.â â" Maurice Sendak âAll really good picture books are written to be read 500 times.â â" Rosemary Wells âI try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.â â" Stephen King âThere are no rules here. We are trying to accomplish something.â â" Thomas Edison âWrite with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.â â" Stephen King âSo the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader that reads.â â" Dr. Seuss âThis morning I took out a comma. This afternoon I put it back in.â â" Oscar Wilde âFollow your heart. It is the only right way out of darkness.â â" Allison Milana âSubstitute âdamnâ every time youâre inclined to write âveryâ; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.â â" Mark Twain âI try to leave out the parts that people skip.â â" Elmore Leonard âEvery writer I know has trouble writing.â â" Joseph Heller âYou fail only if you stop writing.â â" Ray Bradbury Wellâ¦there you have it. A selection of yummy tidbits to nibble on. And with Day 27 of PiBoIdMo officially in full swing, weâre in the homestretch now! The time to either slow down and crap out (26 is close enough, right? NOT.)â¦or push yourself harder than ever, and sail right through the finish line. Hereâs to powerful endings! Tiffany Strelitz Haber is a rhyming childrenâs book author, represented by Teresa Kietlinski of The Prospect Agency. She has two forthcoming picture books: THE MONSTER WHO LOST HIS MEAN (Holt/Macmillan) Spring 2012, and OLLIE AND CLAIRE (Philomel/Penguin) Spring 2013. To learn more about Tiffany, please visit her website: www.itsrhymetime.com and her facebook author page: www.facebook.com/tshauthor. Tiffany is giving away a free, in-depth critique of a rhyming picture book manuscript. A winner will be selected at the conclusion of PiBoIdMo.
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