tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219963815717192855.post7936500022532500344..comments2023-05-10T05:10:43.901-04:00Comments on Write Backwards: Happy First Day of PiBoIdMo! (AKA My brain is active when I don't want it to be!)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05428537878590963832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219963815717192855.post-92149458563244074112010-11-13T03:40:12.474-05:002010-11-13T03:40:12.474-05:00On the topic of critique groups for picture books....On the topic of critique groups for picture books...you may be able to get some advice on this from Rachael Harrie, our illustrious Crusade leader. She was a picture book gal before she started her YA project and may have some tips of where to start looking.<br /><br />And yep, I definitely have the whole middle-of-the-night creativity thing happening. Usually I'm too lazy to actually get up, though (unless it's after about 4am and I know there's no chance of sleep). I'll just lie in bed for a while, mapping the idea out in my head, expanding it, and memorising the key points for the morning. All to avoid actually getting vertical. ;-) But I've found ideas aren't really so fragile, and won't actually disappear by morning unless you were half asleep when you thought them up. I also keep a pen and notebook on my bedside table, and have been known to make an illegible scribble in the dark which I had to decipher the next day...Adina Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860528131098237473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219963815717192855.post-4360652279944304392010-11-01T15:34:48.976-04:002010-11-01T15:34:48.976-04:00Yes, overactive brain is a problem of mine too. I...Yes, overactive brain is a problem of mine too. It was really bad the first month or so when I started writing. I had to get pen to paper to get all that stuff out of my head!<br /><br />Boy, your son has that bike riding down! Ride on!<br /><br />I found a critique group on a discussion board. I'm not sure there is one central place to find one, but just getting word out that you are looking may lead you to one!Megan K. Bickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306585009994740664noreply@blogger.com