My mind is often full. As a writer and professor, days are packed with a constant stream of things to do, places to be, lectures to prepare, papers to correct, stories to write, emails to...
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September 4, 2018
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Creative Process,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
166 eyes stare at me from my home office wall. I’m not delusional. It’s nothing creepy. Our house isn’t haunted. It’s my family’s POP collection. POPS are plastic figures of pop culture characters from movies,...
January 28, 2018
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Creative Process,Story Behind the Book,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
I have a new idea for a story, and it’s deeply steeped in art. This week, I’ve been diving into research. Way back when (25 years ago), I graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, with a...
September 7, 2017
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Young Adults
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Dana Rau
All towns have evidence of their history. Especially if you live in New England like I do, your town is bound to have a tavern, a one-room schoolhouse, or a white wooden church with a...
April 28, 2017
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Creative Process,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
I spent last weekend at the New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference (NE-SCBWI) in Springfield, Massachusetts. I was lucky enough to be chosen to present two workshops, but along with shuffling...
January 26, 2017
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Creative Process,Revision,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
Last fall, I became a college professor. That’s part of the reason this blog was rather quiet for a while. From September to December, I was fully immersed in studying required texts, drafting lectures, making...
December 23, 2016
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Revision,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
As 2016 comes to a close, I find myself taking a deep breath. It was an adventurous year for me—I got an agent, I dove headlong into writing a new novel, and I started a...
August 26, 2016
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Books,Creative Process,Story Behind the Book,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
A few weeks ago, I was thrilled to discover A Mighty Girl blog had listed one of my early readers, Robot, Go Bot!, among its 25 Books Starring Science-Loving Mighty Girls. I love that readers...
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