PiBoIdMo Roald Dahl Quote of the Day #5
November 24, 2013 in PiBoIdMo 2013, Picture Books | Tags: Roald Dahl
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As a children's book author and mother of two, I'm pushing a stroller along the path to publication. I collect shiny doodads on the journey and share them here. You've found a kidlit treasure box.
My Picture Books
COMING SOON:
THE WHIZBANG WORDBOOK
illustrator TBA
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Early 2019
YOUR FIRST DAY OF (CIRCUS) SCHOOL
illus by Melissa Crowton
Tundra/PRH Canada
Summer 2019
THE UPPER CASE:
TROUBLE IN CAPITAL CITY
illus by Ross MacDonald
Disney*Hyperion
Fall 2019
FOUR WAYS TO TRAP A LEPRECHAUN
illus by Vivienne To
HarperCollins
Spring 2020
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November 24, 2013 at 6:19 am
nicole snitselaar
specialy early in the morning when I’m trying to keep my eyes open…
they don’t feel at all like twinkling ! 🙂 😉
November 24, 2013 at 8:04 am
msmo1958
This post says it all. It is exactly where I am. Too many serious life events interfering with my twinkle. Hope to be able to push through it.
November 24, 2013 at 8:20 am
Joanne Sher
So very, very true! Looking for the twinkle!!
November 24, 2013 at 8:21 am
Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
Gettin’ my twinkly on!
November 24, 2013 at 8:29 am
aliciaminor
It’s like saying it’s impossible to write if there is no writing spirit in your heart and mind so twinkle, twinkle heart and mind.
November 24, 2013 at 8:37 am
creationsbymit
LOVE this one, Tara!
November 24, 2013 at 8:59 am
Janie Reinart
That’s the truth! Gotta find mine!
November 24, 2013 at 9:27 am
Lynn A. Davidson
Love this quote. So true!
November 24, 2013 at 9:46 am
Courtenay Schurman
AND it’s impossible to feel the twinkle if you don’t experience moments without. Have to have the good and the bad. I like this as food for thought.
November 24, 2013 at 9:46 am
writersideup
Not true! All you need is a strobe light! 😉
November 24, 2013 at 10:01 am
Lori Dubbin
Somehow, maybe because it’s my first one, PiBoIdMo makes me feel twinkly. Thanks, Tara. It must be all the inspiration twinkling through.
November 24, 2013 at 10:03 am
Anita
I love twinkle and sprakle!
November 24, 2013 at 10:20 am
writeknit
Perfectly true.
November 24, 2013 at 11:14 am
Robyn Campbell
*twinkle*
November 24, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Tracy Molitors
More words to live by!
November 24, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Jenn DesAutels
Thanks for keeping us on our twinkle toes, Tara! *.*
November 24, 2013 at 3:01 pm
Kaye Baillie
How much do I love this? Heaps!!!
November 24, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Theanna
We all need to twinkle!
November 24, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Pat Haapaniemi
How true!
November 24, 2013 at 3:28 pm
Kathryn Ault Noble
Why do I suddenly want to eat a twinkie?
November 24, 2013 at 3:57 pm
danielledufayet
the twinkle reflects the spark!
November 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Joanne Roberts
And sometimes difficult to make your characters twinkle while we ourselves are twinkle-less.
November 24, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Jeanette
Puttin’ on the twinkle
November 24, 2013 at 7:27 pm
Janet Smart
Yes, and how about “It’s impossible to make your manuscript sparkle, if you aren’t feeling sparkly yourself.’
November 24, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Evie Hjartarson
Ahhhhh those lucky little stars.
November 24, 2013 at 8:20 pm
helen dening
Today I feel very twinkly!
November 24, 2013 at 8:44 pm
MSackman
A simple but honest truism.
November 25, 2013 at 12:01 am
Ashley Bankhead
Love this.
November 25, 2013 at 3:32 am
The New Roald Dahl
I am feeling twinkly, ever so twinkly – I really and truly am!
November 25, 2013 at 9:11 am
Susan Cabael
Time to get my twinkly on!
November 25, 2013 at 10:50 am
Prairie Garden Girl
Twinkling! Thank you for sharing an inspirational quote. ~Suzy Leopold
November 25, 2013 at 11:19 am
fashionistaphilly.tumblr.org
So true!!!!!!
November 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm
thiskidreviewsbooks
YEAH! WOOO!!!
November 26, 2013 at 2:15 pm
heather sisson
cute!
November 26, 2013 at 6:24 pm
Kelly Vavala
I feel twinkly! 😉
November 26, 2013 at 10:43 pm
Jane R Cooper
Wisdom is oft expressed very simply – well-put, Roald!
November 27, 2013 at 12:14 am
blanchebaxter
This is so perfect! Twinkle on! 🙂
November 27, 2013 at 10:49 am
Melanie Vickers
Some days, I have to fake being twinkly. Like smiling and saying I Love You, it becomes real and I mean it.
November 27, 2013 at 3:38 pm
Penny Parker Klostermann
Love this!!!!
November 27, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Marcy P.
awwww 🙂
November 27, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Jessica
This is very true…and it made me smile.
November 30, 2013 at 10:50 am
alwaysbedancing
Just like you can’t tell people to be grateful for what they have if you are not grateful yourself (I am a yoga teacher)
November 30, 2013 at 2:26 pm
City Sights for Kids
This resonates on so many levels and is further encouragement to pursue my passions. Life’s too short and I want to feel *TWINKLY* all the time!
December 1, 2013 at 6:46 pm
SevenAcreSky
The ‘eyes’ have it…