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Neil Gaiman, The Badger, and Your Favorite Characters from Children's Literature

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Over at Tor.com  Stubby the Rocket talks about The Story Museum's newest exhibit : photographs of British writers and storytellers dressing up as their favorite children's lit characters. Neil Gaiman chose Badger from The Wind in the Willows . What a fun idea! I always loved Ottie and the Star by Laura Jean Allen. An adventurous little fellow who meets all kinds of new sea animals on his journey to find the star. I still have the book report I wrote in first grade. So, if I had the chance to dress up as my favorite children's lit character, I believe it would be Ottie. A close second would be Charlotte  Scarlet Monster from a book whose name eludes me   Scarlet Monster Lives Here by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and illustrated by Dennis Kendrick, but is hiding  I found in a box somewhere in my parent's attic. Which character from your childhood would you dress up as?

Brushing the Dust Off

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It's been well over a year, 16 months to be exact, since I entertained the blogging world with my dazzling prose (hahahah!). Life. What a pain in the ass. She played with me like a cat with it's prey, setting off every one of my triggers. Grasped between her teeth, I went limp. I woke up on the ground. My face scraped up with pebbles imbedded in the cuts. Looking up, I saw her  standing above me, pointing her well-manicured finger in my face while her shoulders bounced with laughter. She takes pleasure in my pain. This past year, in particular, has been incredibly challenging. I know there's more strength hidden inside me. And it's time to look inward and recharge. During my hiatus, I kept busy reading fiction, reading craft books to improve my writing, and writing when my schedule and procrastination allowed. I burned sage to shoo away all the negative energy surrounding me and created some new goal: finishing my current WIP (stuck at Chapter 9) and researc