I spent the day learning how to write synopses. Note. The main character and the protagonist do not have to be the same character. Good to know. I may need to get some crappy old books out and explore this.
I have abandoned the idea of self-publishing Miss Missy’s School. Reasons. Considerations. Preferences. Reviews of really poor quality Amazon KDP physical paperbacks. This a a cropped image of Daughter C’s conception of the opening scene. That’s what ferociously howling wind looks like. It deserves better than poor paper quality. So does Bebe. Carry on!
Also did this over the weekend in between video taping the Italian post-doc and Mr. Big Food’s 3-minute 200mb poster blurb which had to be whittled down to 44mb. A slide rule is a handheld mechanical devise used to make mathematical calculations. The modern version was invented in 1859, but older versions were around in
Last evening we watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The Italian post-doc leaves in just one month and this film was on the must watch list. I laughed when I received an email from Mr. Big Food with the subject line: reading before we watch “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” From time to
I am not kidding, I have tears in my eyes. This is such a beautiful study. And they just don’t do it this way anymore which is a real shame. Yeah, yeah. It has confounds galore and probably no power but so what? Think of what’s to come.
I could not in good conscience let this go without note, though it is embarrassing. Yesterday I was searching Archive to see what Gall & Crew books it had and in the small collection of thumbnails I saw this book cover. Holy *^#t! I have this book! Not only do I have this book, I
An actual semi-formatted page. Thoughts? I’m guessing after it sells one million copies and the plush animal sales take off I’ll be able to hire someone to do the formatting professionally. Meanwhile… . I went with 5.5″ x 8.5″ trim size + the extra for bleed which puts the page at 5.625″ x 8.75″ or
I have never read The Wind in the Willows. Snippets, of course, but never the whole thing. The Girls read it. I’ve read about it. I know the “symbolism.” I know “Mr. Badger is not that kind of person.” I know that Grahame was not an especially… . Let’s just say that sending your only
This is something Gilbert says in Chapter Twelve of Miss Missy’s School. Gilbert is quite fond of saying, “As someone once said,” but in the story he never tells us who said what. That’s one of the purposes of The Companion Book to Miss Missy’s School— to fill in the gaps. I am working on
So. Miss Missy’s School is done. Not done & done as in published– that’s whole ‘nuther can of worms. But in good enough shape to be read. Mr. Big Food and I read it aloud in three chunks Tuesday and made edits in blue pencil. Wednesday I made the corrections and worked on The Companion
“I guess it doeslook like a poemwhen you see ittyped uplike that.” Love that Dog by Sharon Creech Love That Dog shows how one boy named Jack finds his voice with the help of a teacher, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack’s point
I can’t say I’m proud of this– except for the fact that most of the 17 books on my desk right now were employed in finishing Miss Missy’s School— but this is real life. The bottom left was a nice change of pace. Mr. Big Food is giving a poster presentation at the Philosophy of
I typed those words. I’m not happy with the very end of the ending, but the words are there, now filed under “edit,” which is way better than words filed under “in my head.” Near as I can tell I started in late 2017, worked on it into 2018, then abandoned Miss Missy’s School until
I am THIS far from being done with Miss Missy’s School. Not done as in done & done, just done. In my researches the last few days I have come across a number of notable … things I thought I’d share. “If you’re THIS close, shouldn’t you be writing, not blogging?” you ask. “Well, yes.
Below is why I found the passage about the turkeys in Being a Boy so amusing. From Chapter Twelve of Miss Missy’s School (Bernstein, 2020, I hope). Edits, comments, criticisms all most welcome. Happily, Aubrey and Gilbert were welcomed into their little woodland friends’ homes. They took no fliers, as very few of the Bunnies,
That is a lot of words, if I do say so myself. I fixed Christmas. Nine days until school starts. I think I see my way forward to THE END. Speaking of THE END, last evening Mr. Big Food and I were reading the last couple of chapters aloud and he asked how/when it ended
I had not come across that passage about recess from Being a Boy before– or if I had I didn’t remember. It made me smile. Chapter Eleven in Miss Missy’s School is titled, “Recess.” Here are a few paragraphs. As you can imagine, Bebe was none too keen on the idea of a school. “I
The beaver is the outstanding engineer of the wild. Next to man it is the mammal that alters the environment most to suit its needs. Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife, Henry Hill Collins, Jr. (1959) Read that just now. Document created September 11, 2020. What more can I say? The amount of stuff that’s
but it looks like Immanuel Kant is going to make a cameo appearance in Miss Missy’s School. Mr. Big Food and I were in the kitchen early this morning when Rocky stumbled in. Mr. Big Food said, “Hey Rocky, boy. Have you awakened from your dogmatic slumbers?” I thought that was funny and said I
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