Dr. Melanie Adkins
Past year, reflections on where I’ve come from and New Year, New journey!
So, when I reflect on where I was this time last year, it was not far along the writing path. Then, I found @writing community on...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Happy Christmas Eve!
I started with a little tap, tap this evening and ended up submitting a PB for the Write Mentor PB Competition and the Novel competition....
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Dec 18, 20211 min read
Writing extravaganza!
Gosh! I can’t believe how the time has flown! I have been busy with writing picture books drafts for the November Critique Train,...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Competitions and NaNoWriMo
I had aspirations for completing a new novel during NaNoWriMo but I forgot two essential things, I work full time and I have two children...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Nov 1, 20211 min read
PB BUZZ
I really enjoy these monthly PB Buzz round ups on new picture books to read. I love Mindy’s authentic reflections which show a real...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Goosey Glender’s Fall Feast
Glender was a graceful goose with an elegant neck. She roamed the farmyard on her webbed tip toes. Bag in wing. The epitome of glamour....
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Oct 17, 20211 min read
#PBcritiquefest
An event that celebrates the writing and critiquing of Picture Book texts! 👍 I do like the writing community on Twitter 🐦 and the...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Her Ladyship
I have always known that I would write a book about the Titanic. Ever since the age of 8, I have been obsessed with the ‘unsinkable’...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Louis Bonestrong
[ILLU -Louis is a skeleton] Photo - 4 Halloween- Credit: Matthew Henry / Burst and Photo - 5 Fall- Credit: Carol Hinz In his day, Louis...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Gosh! 🐾
What a pace it has been since late August! In terms of school return, work and all that normal stuff that has been fast-paced, but the...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Aug 29, 20211 min read
Great advice! 🐾
I have read and engaged with so many interesting webinars, podcasts, workshops and conferences over the last few months. Each one yields...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Aug 6, 20211 min read
A little time to do a lot! 🐾
I have been trying to think about a few ideas I have for picture books and work them into story arcs. It feels a bit forced this week and...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Listening to gems 🐾
I have been listening to recorded and live webinars about writing in general and writing picture books. I have really enjoyed catching up...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Writing time 🐾
I listened to a Picture Book Summit podcast excerpt last night on allowing time for writing and the role of procrastination. There were...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jul 7, 20211 min read
It’s been a while 🐾
So it’s been a while and what have I been doing? I have spent a lot of free time or when walking listening to the recordings I bought...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jun 25, 20211 min read
Busy week 🐾
I continued to work on my picture book text I started editing during Confab. The event helped me to realise that, although I like...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jun 13, 20211 min read
@thewritingbarn 🐾
I spent the weekend on a kidlitconfab about Non-Fiction. The Writing Barn is in Austin, Texas and I am in the UK. This is one of the...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Point of view 🐾
I have been struggling a lot these last few weeks with point of view in picture books. I tend to automatically gravitate to the narrator...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
Jun 1, 20211 min read
March goals revisited 🐾
These were my March goals, which I posted on one of the forums: enter competitions ✅ Join groups ✅ Launch website and blog ✅...
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Dr. Melanie Adkins
May 31, 20211 min read
Noodling with Non-fiction 🐾
I have spent a wonderful couple of hours indulging in a recorded session with Wendy K Larson about non-fiction structures. She is a...
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