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  • Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books
    Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books
    December 13, 2022

    Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books

    If you put kids to bed at night, you know that bedtime can be chaotic, but that there can also be an element of magic in those few quiet moments with little ones as the lights go down and the coziness ...

  • September 18, 2021

    On Painted Mountain Corn and Writing in Relation to Gardening

    Winter is the time for gardeners to rest, and to begin thinking of the next season. Usually, by the time November arrives, I am so very grateful that the garden has lessened its hold on me, resting under ...

  • What to Do When Your Story Already Exists in the World
    What to Do When Your Story Already Exists in the World
    November 28, 2019

    What to Do When Your Story Already Exists in the World

    We all know that every story has already been told and our challenge, as writers, is to come up with new, original ways to tell stories. Unfortunately, sometimes you think you’ve done just that and, ...

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