Hello, said the ghostly visage of the author...
Taking this week off, since I have just returned from the SCBWI conference in Los Angeles and am zooped out.
Tune in next Sunday...
Monday, August 10, 2009
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or Who Are All These People Talking in My Head?!
Discovering a Character's Voice with Poems and Photography
Voices come to me when I see a snapshot. In my off-guard moment of grasping an image, any ol' character might push through to yak at me, jumping into the photo itself or pointing at the scenery from my train of thought.
"One at a time, one at a
time!" I yell over the din.
They can get unruly.
In this blog I am giving those voices a chance to be heard, whether it is a character I am working on, or anyone else needing to share their opinion. The photography is mine; the poetry is in a character's voice.
Please leave a comment if you have an epiphany (or hear voices) of your own!
"One at a time, one at a
time!" I yell over the din.
They can get unruly.
In this blog I am giving those voices a chance to be heard, whether it is a character I am working on, or anyone else needing to share their opinion. The photography is mine; the poetry is in a character's voice.
Please leave a comment if you have an epiphany (or hear voices) of your own!
THALIA CHALTAS
About Me
- THALIA CHALTAS
- California, United States
- ~ Young Adult author, photographer, and character forager (above with my YA novel in poems, BECAUSE I AM FURNITURE.)
Oh my goodness, I am zooped out. (Or at least I think I am. I'm not certain what zooped out is.) I kind of stole something from your website for the book giveaway on my blog (http://jess-jordan.blogspot.com/2009/08/because-i-am-furniture-book-giveaway.html). Hopefully you won't sue me. :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you have to say -- I've heard so many great things about the conference! :)
ReplyDeleteJess! Thanks for passing forward the love! And actually what you pilfered from the website is pilfered (with permission) from the jacket of the book. I will not sue you, as I know how much our conference costs and you probably have nothing left to sue for. :) THANK you for having my book on your blog and part of a giveaway! Mwah, dahlin!
ReplyDeleteWeronika, I had a fantastic conference experience, as I always do, including all little gripes and bouncing happinesses. A shout out to Richard Peck, Holly Black, Jenn Bailey, and Kathleen Duey for remarkable and inspirational professional talks. And love hug to Lee Wind who blogged his fingers bloody. Oh, there're more, but that's a start.
ReplyDeleteThalia: Whew! You're right: I'm a pit without money right now. And you are very welcome!
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