Erin Cleary

CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER

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Apr 30
2 min

Participation Trophies

Participation trophies. Kids get them so they'll feel better when their team loses. Well, I am writing to tell you they can make adults...

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Erin Cleary

Apr 1
2 min

Ladybug's Missing Spots

Like March, April will be another month of great writing activities. My March metaphor continues as I work to boil down my writing to its...

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Erin Cleary

Mar 5
2 min

Boiling It Down

One great thing about being a part of the KitLit writing community is that there are a lot of activities and contests that help writers...

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Erin Cleary

Feb 1
3 min

FOCUS

I have a piece of stone that I found somewhere; I don’t remember where. It is a flat piece of slate that has a flat edge on which it can...

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Erin Cleary

Dec 31, 2020
2 min

Fizzle

It’s the last day of 2020. Does this require some sort of momentous blog post? Does the year 2020 even deserve to go out with any...

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Erin Cleary

Dec 2, 2020
3 min

Mosaic

Three A.M. on the first day of December, I lay awake thinking about how I was officially three hours late in getting my November blog...

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Erin Cleary

Oct 31, 2020
2 min

With the Optimism of a Dog

We recently adopted a second dog. Luna has fit into our family so seamlessly that it’s hard to remember a time she didn’t live with us....

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Erin Cleary

Sep 30, 2020
3 min

Cozy

The falling yellow leaves are beginning to invade my outdoor reading space. Now sweeping them off the small deck is part of my daily...

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Erin Cleary

Aug 17, 2020
2 min

The Beauty of the Backspace

The very first time I sat down in front of a computer was in middle school. We were scheduled in pairs to sit at the two new Macintosh...

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Erin Cleary

Jul 13, 2020
3 min

A Sign from the Garbage Gods

Each year in my town, we have a great garbage day. It’s basically a free yard sale day, located at the curb in front of many homes in...

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Erin Cleary

Jun 27, 2020
2 min

Happily Ever After

It came! My first rejection letter in what I assume will be a long line of rejections. Two days ago, I submitted my first manuscript. I...

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Enlightening and Frightening: How Google Taught Me about Who I Am and Who I Am Not

Erin Cleary

Jun 24, 2020
2 min

Enlightening and Frightening: How Google Taught Me about Who I Am and Who I Am Not

Have you ever done a Google search of your own name? It can be enlightening and a little bit frightening. When I planned to create a...

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