by Rebecca | Oct 16, 2012 | confessions, deepthoughts, goals, gratitude, mildly maudlin, mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, talking about writing, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Many moons ago, someone gave me a bottle of decent champagne. I think it might have been leftover from a holiday party. I didn’t have an occasion to open it at the time, and I’m not generally fabulous enough to pop a bottle of bubbly for no reason. It was...
by Rebecca | Oct 10, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, book people, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, warm fuzzy, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
“Gratitude and Rust” by Shannon Kringen (CC) Thanks for all of the kind words yesterday! I’m overwhelmed in the best possible way with the support and enthusiasm of the writing community. 🙂 (Borrowing this meme today from Katy...
by Rebecca | Oct 9, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, I'm bringing Balki back, middle grade, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, writing
From Publisher’s Marketplace today: Click to read, or see below: Rebecca Behrens’s debut WHEN AUDREY MET ALICE, featuring the thirteen-year-old First Daughter who finds Alice Roosevelt’s secret diary hidden beneath the floorboards of the White...
by Rebecca | Oct 5, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, characters, middle grade, nerdiness, nostalgia, WIP, writing
Thanks to Katy Upperman for tagging me. I loved reading about her fabulous WIP, Cross My Heart. Here are some answers about my upper-MG WIP:What is the working title of your book?When Audrey Met AliceWhere did the idea come from? It’s kind of a long story. I...
by Rebecca | Sep 25, 2012 | book people, confessions, eau de print, in which I embarrass myself, sensory overload, setting, talking about writing, verisimilitude, weird science, WIPspiration
We talk a lot about how some senses contribute to the writing process. The music playlists we listen to as we power through revisions, the pinboards we gaze at to visually inspire our WIPs, the chocolate we savor to help us deal with bad news, even the way our fingers...
