Author Archives: Tara Sullivan
Tuesday Teaching: International Protests
A story currently in the news covers a strike by teachers in Chicago where school professionals are picketing over issues of teacher pay, evaluations, benefits, and other in-school issues. While working conditions are frequently the root of discontent, something … Continue reading
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Thursday Travel: The Green Isle?
Something I noticed while I was in Ireland was how many things people are doing there, automatically, that would be signs of a very environmentally conscious person in the U.S. … Everyone drives a tiny car, most people bike, walk, … Continue reading
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Monday Media: Military Marketing
Anyone in writing knows that book publishing these days demands far more of authors than it did in days of yore. This week, Publisher’s Weekly ran an article detailing the intensity with which one particular author is engaging in this … Continue reading
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Tuesday Teaching: Nurture Shock
This week I head back into teacher training and setting up my classroom. Next week, the kids are back and the school year starts up again. I’m not sure how much I will manage to do differently, but one book … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Print it out!
Two weeks ago I turned the final draft of GOLDEN BOY in for copyediting. Which means that I had to make really, really sure that it was a good, clean copy. I read it, then re-read it online. And when … Continue reading
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Monday Media: When it Pays to Tweet
An interesting comment on the power of Twitter: Arijit Guha, an Arizona graduate student who had to undergo expensive treatment for colon cancer while under a capped student health plan, took his frustration to Twitter. Distressed at having $118,000 of … Continue reading
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Friday WritingFeature: Pixar’s Storytelling Rules
Okay, so I’m kind of cheating on my own category system… but that’s because today I found a really neat list: the 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar and, if we just pretend that I asked, um, Pixar, to … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Be Prepared!
(Sorry, Boy Scouts, debut writers need this motto more than you!) If you are an avid follower of my blog you will notice two things: One, that my last post was exactly two Wednesdays ago. Two, that this post is … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Disagreeing With The Professionals
A big fear that I hear a lot from not-yet-published authors is “what if my agent/editor/publisher wants me to cut/change things that really matter to me?” I can understand this fear, but I have to say that, at least in … Continue reading
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Tuesday Teaching: Girl Talk
Okay, so this is not *entirely* about teaching, but I do think it has some nice parallels, especially if you’re teaching younger children. I recently bumped into a co-worker and his completely adorable 3-year-old daughter. I instantly scrunched down to … Continue reading
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Thursday Travel: The Aran Islands
If you ever happen to be in the Galway area, take a day (at least) and go see the Aran Islands. Last Thursday it’s where I was, and that visit was probably the highlight of my trip to Ireland. Take … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing: Communities
Though being a writer is awesome it can also sometimes be… lonely! I’ve found that the best way to stay on track, to overcome writer’s block and to stay encouraged is to get some like-minded writers to support you. Below … Continue reading
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Tuesday Teaching: European Languages
Have you heard the joke? If you speak three languages, you’re trilingual. If you speak two languages, you’re bilingual. If you speak one language, you’re American! Why is it that we require everyone to study language in school, but very … Continue reading
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Monday Media: The Perspective of Other Presses
I am still in Ireland (though I’ll be home sooner than I would like), and one thing that I’ve been doing is listening to and reading the Irish news. Which brings me to my post for today… it is fascinating … Continue reading
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Thursday Travel: Hop-Off & Explore
My Travel Tip today is two-fold. First of all, I am in Dublin right now and I cannot recommend highly enough the “Hop-On, Hop-Off” bus tour, as a concept. Not only is the live commentary an often-amusing way to learn … Continue reading
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Tara Sullivan 