by Margaret Philbrick | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Parents are figuring it out. States are begging to delay implementation. Radio talk shows are screaming with people who “had no idea” and now that they are finding out the truth about Common Core, they are rightfully terrified. As a writer and writing and literature...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m a slow writer. In creating my novel, I followed author Linda Sue Park’s advice, “Write something every day and then first thing the next day, review and revise it, then keep writing.” Sometimes the next day does not lead to writing, just revising. Or, the whole...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m a slow writer. In creating my novel, I followed author Linda Sue Park’s advice, “Write something every day and then first thing the next day, review and revise it, then keep writing.” Sometimes the next day does not lead to writing, just revising. Or, the whole...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! The email finally came. It took four days of psyching myself up to open it. Change is inevitable and most of us do not appreciate change, particularly to our creative product. As I rolled through holiday feasting and festing, I nearly forgot about the...
by Margaret Philbrick | Dec 20, 2013 | Faith
“I’m not coming if your father is going to be there.” Sadly, this is a familiar reply to the Christmas invite in families of divorce. My parents divorced the year of our wedding, so these refrains are familiar territory. They challenge our ability to walk in the...
by Margaret Philbrick | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
On a boring, grey Monday morning, we saw it. The white semi truck backed into the Cosley Zoo with hordes of men in flannel, hauling nettled bundles down the ramp, stacking them against a sea of tilted wooden crosses. “The Christmas trees are here!” My son screamed as...
by Margaret Philbrick | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
I hit “submit” last night. This time it wasn’t to an agent or a publisher. This time it was personal, to a poetry publication. During the long winter months of looking for a publisher for my novel, A Minor, I grew quite used to hitting the submit button and then...
by Margaret Philbrick | Oct 31, 2013 | Faith, Uncategorized
Have you met the Proverbs 31 woman? Her description has always evoked feelings of awe and annoyance. Sewing late into the night by a lamp that does go out, gorgeous toned arms planting a vineyard, a prominent husband, self-designed purple clothes and children that get...
by Margaret Philbrick | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thank you to all who wrote notes of encouragement to me about creating my daughter’s scrapbook for her graduation, but it’s not going to happen by Saturday. While delving into the tubs full of construction paper art and cheesy class photos, the amount of...
by Margaret Philbrick | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
While emptying the dishwasher yesterday I started crying. The time has come to carry up from the basement the Target tub of memories and create my daughter’s high school graduation scrapbook. All of the coffee filter umbrellas which remind us “April...
