by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
All the stars aligned, and there we were, marching over the Brooklyn Bridge to celebrate National Pantsuit Day and cheer for Hillary Clinton. We were in New York City on a Friday night to see Hamilton. As if that wasn’t charmed enough, we found out about a...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 12, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Uncategorized
Searching for My Sidekick: I wrote that essay three years ago, as I remembered my childhood friend Wilfredo on his October 12 birthday. I’d recently learned that he had died, and I had an unsettled feeling, wondering about the circumstances of his death at age...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 10, 2016 | Conferences-workshops, Uncategorized
Who gets to narrate the world? That was one of the questions tackled in the day-long Write to Change the World seminar, led by the OpEd Project in Boston in early October. The mission of the OpEd Project is to “increase the range of voices and quality of ideas...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 4, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Teaching, Uncategorized
There is nothing like that clean-page feeling of fall! I have been energetically contributing to blogs, writing articles, and revising my middle grade novel ever since I turned that page to September. A few links: My article “Coming Out to My College...
by Mary E. Cronin | Sep 7, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Uncategorized
After a summer off from blog writing and teaching, I have that fresh and exciting September feeling! A few insights from my summer travels in Ireland: The bookstores of Ireland were a feast, both the independent ones as well as the chains. There was a wide variety of...
by Mary E. Cronin | May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you seen the Project Mayhem middle grade blog? It’s devoted to crafting middle grade fiction, and it’s chock full of resources, book reviews, author interviews, craft tips, and more. I’m part of the Project Mayhem team, and I recently shared...