Daily Archives: February 20, 2012

Writing Nowadays–The Cafeteria

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Today we’re continuing our YA seminar on How Schools Work These Days.  Today’s topic: the cafeteria.  Lots of YA books have scenes set in cafeterias.  The characters complain about bad food, bullies shake down younger students for their lunch money, … Continue reading →


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Worldbuilding with Horses: Figurative Language

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This post brought to you by my pet, Peeve. One of the things writers have to do when they’re writing in any world that is not right here, right now, their own culture and their own world view, is to … Continue reading →


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People I don’t want to hear any more about

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by Ursula K. Le Guin •The family of eight who generate three–quarters of a cupful of trash to put in the garbage every week, use no plastic of any description for any purpose, grow all their own food in a … Continue reading →


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