One of my own:

In the dark, with the moon behind it and gas lamps flickering in the windows like eyes, the farmhouse looms over Eucalyptus Cove like a demon.

#kidlitchat

And then the following paragraph is about the hole, not the hobbit, and yet also about the hobbit anyway. That's breaking somebody's rule somewhere. But it's brilliant. #kidlitchat

I almost quoted a couple of Peck's openings. #kidlitchat

Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez. You should check it out. Bonus: I'm in the acknowledgements.

Ghost by Jason Reynolds. #kidlitchat

And that was followed by a great paragraph. How could I not want to keep reading? #kidlitchat

Same here! Now that I'm officially in my conference season (actually, it's year-round for me) it's not always easy to get to #kidlitchat, but I feel more energized when I make it.

Exactly! That's why my goal is 20 minutes. I can always work in 20 minutes. 12 minutes is a amazing goal! #kidlitchat

It's called Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers. This year, we have an amazing faculty lined up. We're even offering an online 5-day workshop about writing character-driven scenes. For details, go to wifyr.com. (And thanks for asking!) #kidlitchat

I ike the 12 minute goal. I built my writing habit with a small goal: 20 minutes per day. Going on 8 years now. I've been amazed at how much I can get done with a small goal. #kidlitchat

Writing trains us to sweat all the stuff. #kidlitchat

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